Will not dare get too dug into detail or debate on this topic firstly coz its been done to death,secondly don't think i could adequately cover it all as there is not firm stand point on it and thirdly but mainly it's late and my brain starts shutting down at 22.00hrs. The topic is BLACKNESS or being black. This question of are black women trying to be white or is it just the modern age we live in. A sure point of discussion that comes with this line of questioning is weaves,oh yes i said it.Are black girls trying to be white when they stitch those on or just following in the footsteps of history's iconic glamorous black women who also dabbled in the hair trend. Lord knows that aint Beyonce's hair!!Personally i do think it outrageous for one to say you wanna be white all on account of the fact that i gotta a weave on. Never have i woken up and declared, "Today i wanna be white"and despite the term given to me of "coconut" will say i am very proud of being black,being an African. Another question comes up of what is being back? Is it just a matter of the colour of your skin,a biological thing or is it more culture, gotta act and be a certain way? I would really love to know who invented the yardstick to measure how black a person is or how beautiful one is. Like i said this topic has BEEN discussed for ages and will continue to be. Ima just say that identity is very hard to construct sometimes we don't know it's building. Its hard enough to wake up in the morning and just be you never mind having to fit it in with all the gender stereotypes or racial stereotypes. Somewhere Somehow it all does come to a balance i believe and cliche as it sounds you gotta just be secure in who you are. I could have derailed alot haha from the beginning of what we were talking about but quite sure there is a chain of thought under it all. I just wanna end with a quote i heard today in the mist of discussion about racial beauty,style and eurocentric values the world now has in terms of well everything. "Beauty is not in a vacuum there is always a context to it. The look you going for has been shaped."
"BEAUTY IS NOT IN A VACUUM THERE IS ALWAYS A CONTEXT TO IT.THE LOOK YOU GOING FOR HAS BEEN SHAPED."
I did say i wont be able to answer all the questions in fact I'm still tryna figure myself out.Yet it is something deep to ponder upon.
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Will not dare get too dug into detail or debate on this topic firstly coz its been done to death,secondly don't think i could adequately cover it all as there is not firm stand point on it and thirdly but mainly it's late and my brain starts shutting down at 22.00hrs. The topic is BLACKNESS or being black. This question of are black women trying to be white or is it just the modern age we live in. A sure point of discussion that comes with this line of questioning is weaves,oh yes i said it.Are black girls trying to be white when they stitch those on or just following in the footsteps of history's iconic glamorous black women who also dabbled in the hair trend. Lord knows that aint Beyonce's hair!!Personally i do think it outrageous for one to say you wanna be white all on account of the fact that i gotta a weave on. Never have i woken up and declared, "Today i wanna be white"and despite the term given to me of "coconut" will say i am very proud of being black,being an African. Another question comes up of what is being back? Is it just a matter of the colour of your skin,a biological thing or is it more culture, gotta act and be a certain way? I would really love to know who invented the yardstick to measure how black a person is or how beautiful one is. Like i said this topic has BEEN discussed for ages and will continue to be. Ima just say that identity is very hard to construct sometimes we don't know it's building. Its hard enough to wake up in the morning and just be you never mind having to fit it in with all the gender stereotypes or racial stereotypes. Somewhere Somehow it all does come to a balance i believe and cliche as it sounds you gotta just be secure in who you are. I could have derailed alot haha from the beginning of what we were talking about but quite sure there is a chain of thought under it all. I just wanna end with a quote i heard today in the mist of discussion about racial beauty,style and eurocentric values the world now has in terms of well everything. "Beauty is not in a vacuum there is always a context to it. The look you going for has been shaped."
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