No offense but I think you're being a bit delusional. They also bleach their skin and dye their hair blond in Japan, change their eye color and change their eyes with eye-widening surgery. The white beauty standard was imposed on a lot of different cultures, and it's not just Black women internalizing it. The men do it too, in all of these different cultures.
There are an exceptional bunch who don't care and don't mind, but they are plenty of men who sadly would only date light-skinned women, or women with long straight hair, "good hair" and then run the excuse of "Well that's just what I'm attracted to"
The fact remains that it's the majority standard and women respond to what they see is treated as attractive in the media. When was the last time you saw an attractive black man who was successful with a dark skinned, afro haired female? It happens but isn't common.
It's something that I see changing over time, not at once...not unless we have a movement again like in the 70s, where natural hair and celebrating black beauty were the trendy things to do. Then the liberation movement fell off and most of contemporary Black pop culture continues to celebrate light bright women with weaves and long hair.
When was the last time you watched a Black film and the lead was a dark skinned Black woman with nappy hair?
Light bright. Weaves. Long natural hair. Light eyes.
In Black film and in White film. In models. Everywhere.
And you're going to walk in and yell at women and berate them for not being what by all rights they should be proud of?
Why should they be proud of it when the majority of sources tell them its not wanted and ugly.
We have the term "good hair" treated as something normal when its disgusting. I can't believe people throw it around so casually in everyday conversation. Talk about self-hate.
And they will defend it...because everywhere they look they are told this is good and what they naturally are is ugly and disgusting.
Pretending that it's women alone and this beauty standard isn't global and doesn't affect people from other cultures is just that, pretending.
but it's just hair
I am fair from being delusional. Pointing out that others appreciate what we have naturally is not delusional. Its a complete copout on ourselves as a people to accept shyt the way it is. Where are the parents raising their kids otherwise? Why let the white media raise your children? Why should we let the media dictate our lives? Why should we be a slave to the media?
