“Black Girls Killin’ It!”
& Why These Types of Support Groups are Unfortunately Necessary Not Just Fun and Brilliant
I really want
to take a minute to talk about this. As I build this blog I struggle with how
political I want to get and how often I want to get on my lacquered, Swarovski encrusted
soap-box. Because to some people, these types of discussions are alienating, despite
the fact they are a stressful and dominate reality of other people’s lives. I
guess sometimes the inter-web is meant to escape that reality. However, if I am
going to blog about fashion, and all relevant fields surrounding that, posts
like this are inevitable.
I am currently
addicted, ADDICTED to blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com. It is a FANTASTIC site,
even if you are not one of the chocolate girls.
I find Erika Nicole Kendall to be thoughtful, informative, and
inspirational.
I came across this article written by Kendall when I was looking
for another article also written by her responding to another stupid “scientific” study about why black women are ugly
and not a beautiful and deserving as other women. First if you think I’m
exaggerating look at the articles, and second to be quite frank, I am so sick
of this shit. When are we, (oh I’m sorry, THEY) going to get passed this
institutionalize racism? Huh? How many stupid studies need to be done to try to
“scientifically” support socially
constructed prejudice? I know! Let’s start measuring skulls again! Or
handing out IQ test to communities we find to be bothersome to our aesthetic
preferences so we can justify sterilizing them, because we find their
reproductive abilities threatening to our “American” way of life. Oh, by the
way does this jargon sound familiar?
The apparently desperate need to protect our American lifestyle?
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| Anyone notice greek skull compared to a marble sculpture, didn't know they had skulls...way to go. This taken from http://www.understandingrace.org/history/science/measuring_race.html |
I digress.
So…in reading
these articles, I had a moment of reflection, it made me extremely grateful for these Facebook groups I subscribe to.
Despite some of powers that be, that
continue to try to justify and propagate socially entrenched bigotry, people
continue to get together to celebrate who they are and fight intolerance.
SO FUCKING TAKE
THAT AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR EAR! (I mean THEY need to, not you, assuming you
are not them.)
I am not
totally not sure if I can take some of these images off of Facebook; so I have
brought images from other related sites and added links to the Facebook groups.
Enjoy!
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| Taken from Essence 30 Most Beautiful Black Women (link below) |
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| Photo taken from Neef Fresh Photography: She posted on Black Girls Killin in-Check out her Facebook Page-DOPE! |
I totally love this post and this FB group ( kinda obsessed myself). I always am ALL in when I come across people, individual or groups, that strive to embrace who they are and showcase just how beautiful that is in ALL aspects. Also a HUGE fuck you to those who try to downplay others. I agree that these groups are definitely needed if nothing more, as support group to say you are beautiful and fuck this standard of beauty that is being manufactured to fit a mold, EMBRACE YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL BEAUTY.
ReplyDeleteWell said Mr. K.Michael! Thank you and I totally agree, uniqueness should be embraced and celebrated. Everyone of us has a different story, and to judge based on superficial clues is reckless, and distractive. Trying to institutionalize socially constructed standards of beauty is in my opinion a form of intellectual terrorism. It creates building blocks that support and defend more extremist ideas. "Love is not with the eyes, but the mind." -Shakespeare.
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