"Black Features Are Beautiful. Black Women Are Not" - Amandla Stenberg
- Thread starter Elle Driver
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This is deeper than hair and yu know it.
It is deeper than hair......its economics......the stuff BW NEVER TALK ABOUT BUT IS THE ROOT OF ALL THE LITTLE BS THEY CRY ABOUT DAY AFTER DAY
I understand your point, but this deal with their self worth.
Like the sister said a couple of pages ago, they've been told how everything about them is ugly, and been forced to confirm, and change. And now they get this shiiit thrown in their faces like this.
Its more than hair
You aren't gaining self worth crying to your oppressor to value you.
If your value comes from anyone but you and your community then you've already failed.
And no tells them to look at White media so if they want an alternative focus on getting the money to make what you want to see.
Who said anything about asking white men to value Black women?
Its seems to me Blak men are extremely content with Black women's image and anytime we do anything to better our position in society were supposedly "trying to get white men t find us attractive".
This literally has nothing to do with white men though.
How can we ever get to he point of discussing economics if we cant even as a collective agree that they are appropriating our culture?
You don't pursue economics because of what White people are doing to us. You pursue economics because you want to live better.
As far as this having to do with White men, it obviously stems back to them when these all White media companies promote the appropriation and then Black women cry that these companies are not catering to them, which means they value these companies opinions.
Queen
CEO of #GPB
You obviously don't understand the issue, nor do you care to, so why don't you step aside and direct your attention to something that is more on your level. If you want to discuss economics, then do so but this is not the thread for it.
If you are not a black woman, you don't have the experiences of being a black woman- then don't tell black women what they should do, what they are trying to do, or how they should feel. Stay in your lane. This is not your lane.
Kudos to the men on here who are coming with understanding, or at least trying to. Keep being encouraging so that young girls will grow up confident and fully knowing their worth.
I definitely understand the "issue"
You don't understand the solution
Keep crying to your oppressor about what your oppressor does to you
Queen
CEO of #GPB
I understand the solution far better than you do.
Discussing an issue is not "crying to your oppressor". I wish my parents would have discussed cultural appropriation with me when I was younger. I wish I would have had tumblr and whatever else to see these things addressed when I was younger. My mind would have been grounded in truth and not lies from this oppressor that you speak of.
Stay in your lane and while you are there, get some emotional intelligence.
White man why you no find us attractive White men why yo no put us in your movies White man why yo no punish white women for stealing our looks
Queen
CEO of #GPB
You can troll all day, but you are not being productive.
This is the time for healing and awareness. Black women will be healed, and our minds will be decolonized. Whether or not you approve is irrelevant. We are moving forward and the next generation will not be trapped in mental slavery. How are you going to conquer the world and an economy, if you are not even in control of your mind?
This is not your battle. You add nothing of value by inserting yourself into the discussion.
Your antagonizing nature leads me to believe that you are not sincere about anything as it relates to serious issues. Your lack of empathy leads me to believe you are white. With that said, there is nothing else for you and I to discuss.
Good day.
So what exactly are you trying to say?
Black women shouldnt call out cultural appropriation ?
So yall want black women to stop challenging european beauty standards and the non black women who copy us?
You realky arent making any sense poitier.
It seems to me that you want Black women to continue to sit by and be disrespected and erased.
If white men are the real culprits when are Black men going to call them out since Black women are doing it right?
Black women should call out cultural appropriation right after they call out our lack of jobs, our lack of access to loans and grants, our lack of access to housing, and lack of opportunities for post secondary education
philmonroe
Superstar
Man I've come to realize a lot of people like to tackle shyt that is never changing just so,they can say they doing something but they not doing shyt. That's what people talking about white people or hell any person viewing them differently are doing. All you need to know is how does a person stop doing what they do because of somebody else's crying?
You don't have to say it you imply by the stuff you say. Also y'all ain't doing shyt to better your position y'all just whining mainly online that ain't changing jack shyt. You think posting here going to do something to "change" y'all's image? If your trying to better your position in society you'd try to get more money because that's how you better your position. What does bettering your position have to do with hair or,who does doesn't find y'all attractive though? That's why people can't take this serious some of y'all can't even be honest and say what anybody that's not a BW can see. Lastly talk about silliness we can't talk about getting money till we talk about hairstyles and stuff first? Y'all's friends and family are doing wrong by y'all and ain't telling y'all shyt. Glad I'm not the avg chick going through life with nobody keeping it real with me.
Exactly and how somebody can't see that is kind blowing. If that's not the case we wouldn't have these threads about this. Then when you disagree they pull the same stunt of you don't care. fukk it on stuff like cornrows and who do/don't like you you got damn right I don't care whats going on outside of this is a time wasting exercise that won't do much to improve anything.