In recent photos, steroid-tainted baseball slugger Sammy Sosa's skin appears much lighter, prompting the media to post dramatic before-and-after comparisons of the former Chicago Cub. What's behind the controversial outfielder's transformation?
He’s buying in to racial stereotypes: It appears that Sosa is intentionally lightening his complexion," says David A. Love at The Grio, which would suggest he accepts racist notions that dark skin is undesirable. Bad move: He risks looking like “a distorted cartoon character...try as you might, you cannot bleach out your history.”
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