[ SECRET POST #3062 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3062 ⌋

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Comments

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Are you denying it happens?

Are you denying that right now on Tumblr there are black people repeating that their hair is not a toy, that how they wear their hair is their business and nobody else's, and that frizzy curly hair is just jim-dandy?

Because that sounds a lot like combatting the white-dominated cultural paradigm which, you guessed it, included marketing hair straighteners to black people in a kind of understated "Look white to be more attractive" commentary.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I tried, but I'm not even sure what you're arguing about.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

DA

The AYRT is saying "do you deny that black women have tried to look like white women because the dominant culture tells them that to be beautiful means looking as white as possible?"

AYRT is pointing out how the fact that a lot of black women are now proudly wearing their natural hair is a pushback against this forced homogeny of white beauty standards which tends to exclude black women's naturally curly hair.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I see. Well, if that's the case then I'd suggest a distinction should be made between:

1) Whether or not there are black women out there who are trying to look white by styling their hair/make up a certain way

2) Whether or not it's a good idea to suggest to a black woman that this is in fact what she is doing when you have no idea whether or not that's her intention.


#1 is arguable. You'll never convince me #2 is a good idea, and since that was the point of my original comment, I'll stand by it.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

#2 is kind of irrelevant though because no single person was being discussed

There's no way anyone could reasonably conclude that #2 was what the OP was saying because she not only wasn't personally addressing anyone but didn't even refer to anyone specifically, not even a specific actress by name.

Thus I'm kind of perplexed that you're standing by your original comment because there's no way #2 was in any way relevant to what OP was saying.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

It was veering OT when I made the comment, I agree. But since people objected to #2 as though I were arguing #1, I'd say it's very relevant to distinguish between the two and clarify that I never said anything about whether #1 does or does not happen in real life.