[ SECRET POST #3062 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3062 ⌋

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Comments

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

OP

That would be nice for your ego if I had, but I didn't say "a black woman [is] trying to "look white" by straightening her hair."

I mean that it is blatantly obvious that the most popular black actresses, and the ones most praised as "beautiful", are the ones who conform closest to the white standard of beauty -- ones with light skin, small pointy noses, narrow lips, hair that is made to look completely straight and/or dyed a lighter shade of brown, etc.

It's not a case of what individual black women choose about their own personal appearance, it's about the cultural expectations and standards which do show.

Or do you also think that EVERY single woman who wears high heels does so solely because she personally decided she likes them, and None of them do so because that is what is expected of women or what the media has put forward as a necessary component of femininity and attractiveness?

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'm aware that societal and cultural expectations play a role in how woman decides to look and that the choices women make aren't made in a vacuum. But to take your example, I'm not going to come out and assume that a woman hasn't made the individual choice to wear high heels because she likes it when I simply do not know one way or the other. That seems rude and presumptuous.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

DA

...But OP wasn't talking about a single person? Like, she didn't mention another user, a particular black woman, even a particular black actress.

Everything OP said was in generalized terms (cultural, societal, whatever you choose).

So it's in no way rude or presumptuous because since she's not talking to or about an individual person, she's clearly not making an assumption about one person's individual choice.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Exactly this. I used generalized terms because I was not in any way talking about individuals. Pretty damn obvious telegraphing of my intentions, IMO.