Woman Who Changed Skin Color Claims She Can Have Black Child With White Husband

Although she told the British TV show This Morning that she liked her "natural blonde beauty," she also said she admired the looks of black women enough that she wanted to become one herself.

She received three injections of the drug, which she said not only affected her skin, but also changed her eye color and made her hair grow in curlier and darker.

She said she was invited to Kenya to learn about African history and culture and lived there for several weeks.

She believes this experience is what confirmed her transformation into "a real African woman."

As Martina told This Morning, they had the same number of Melanotan injections at around the same time, but they apparently affected her body more than his.

Namely, she said that her doctor told her that if her and Michael do have a child, that child will also share her dark skin.

To that, Martina said, "It’s a mix of Michael and me. I’m pretty sure it will be black or milk chocolate or a little bit light, it doesn’t matter."

Moreover, that description of the baby as potentially "milk chocolate" did little to win people over to her argument that she is now an African woman.

What doesn't help is that the doctor who apparently told Martina this would happen wasn't named, so it's hard to determine if they actually said her child would be black.

For instance, did they know that she and Michael darkened their skin with a substance that is not approved by the FDA in both the U.S. and illegal in the U.K. because it has never been safety tested?

So if a doctor confidently told her her baby would be black and expressed none of these concerns, they would seriously need to demonstrate how they know this and could be engaging in malpractice regardless.

h/t: This Morning

Rachel Dolezal gained international notoriety after being exposed by her own parents in June of 2015.

Prior to that, Rachel had changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo, and gained so much traction as a “civil rights leader” that she went on to become the president of the N.A.A.C.P in Spokane, Washington.

She received hundreds of dollars in gifts each month from friends, but more importantly — and illegally — she funneled $84,000 through welfare fraud, and falsifying records for public assistance.

A quick example is shown above — Black women earn $20/hour less than White men and $13/hour less than White women in Atlanta, GA.

This appropriation and leveraging of blackness, in conjunction with the privileges that come with being white, are a dangerous yet surprisingly common combination.

This term emerged after a Swedish model, Emma Hallberg, was called out on Twitter for darkening her skin. While she claims that her skin tone comes from sun exposure, the internet seems unconvinced.

The issue at hand with Martina Big, Rachel Dolezal, and the countless influencers identifying or imitating blackness is the same for all three — these people are benefiting from a culture that they have never shared the experiences or inequalities of.

It seems like a long shot! But then again, transforming from a white woman into a black woman seemed pretty out there too.