Beauty - Hair Care - Fashion : Little Black Girls Are Ugly

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It seems that once a little Black girl comes out of the womb, one of the first things that takes place in her life ... is that she gets a perm or gets her hair pressed. Something has to be done to her hair, for her to be pretty. :(

Little white girls, little asian girls ... all other little girls ... come out of the womb pretty.

But not our little Black girls.

We rush them to the hairdresser, or the kitchen sink, to make what God gave them something else.

What does this do to a young girl's self-esteem ... her long-term view of herself?

What are we saying to our babies, by rushing them off to pressing combs and relaxers, at such a young age?

Are we perpetuating the weapons of mass destruction put on our people?

What are we saying to our sons, regarding beauty?

Are little Black girls ugly ... the way God made them?

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Destee
 
I hear you queen Destee.

and I really dig what you said in chat. That our hair grows toward the sun. This is a token of our favor with the Most High. Our hair gives tribute to Ra.

I remember when Alice Walker gave an interview concerning one of her books. In the photo she was sporting a huge Huey Newton. She said there was just no way she could write that book with straight hair.

It's not JUST hair. If it's JUST hair then why not JUST leave it alone? Our ancestors did not reduce anything to JUST this or that. They understood the significance and spiritual impact of everything. But blindness leaves us free to do damage.
 
Sister Destee, of course little black girls are gorgeous the way god created them - I happen to think black babies and children are cuter than all other race of children (yes, I am biased). You are right, we do an awful lot of damage to their self-esteem and psyche by perpetuating a european standard of beauty. However, I fear that even if we stopped relaxing and pressing our little girls hair, they would still get the message that straight, long hair is the preferred standard of beauty in this society. The all powerful media perpetuates this message at every turn.

My daughter is 3 1/2 and she likes disney. When I look at disney movies where the lead character is a person not an animal, I come up with:

The Little Mermaid - white female with long, red hair
Cinderella - blonde, white female with long hair
Mulan - Asian with long hair
Pocahontas - Native American with long hair
Beauty and the Beast - white female with long hair
Sleeping Beauty - white female with straight, black hair

Are there any animated movies that feature pretty black girls or women with natural hair?

It's the same thing with the any series on disney featuring us (think Raven, SisterSister, The Proud family).

I try to counteract what she sees by telling her she is beautiful and buying books that feature us with natural hair.
 
c-note said:
Sister Destee, of course little black girls are gorgeous the way god created them - I happen to think black babies and children are cuter than all other race of children (yes, I am biased). You are right, we do an awful lot of damage to their self-esteem and psyche by perpetuating a european standard of beauty. However, I fear that even if we stopped relaxing and pressing our little girls hair, they would still get the message that straight, long hair is the preferred standard of beauty in this society. The all powerful media perpetuates this message at every turn.

My daughter is 3 1/2 and she likes disney. When I look at disney movies where the lead character is a person not an animal, I come up with:

The Little Mermaid - white female with long, red hair
Cinderella - blonde, white female with long hair
Mulan - Asian with long hair
Pocahontas - Native American with long hair
Beauty and the Beast - white female with long hair
Sleeping Beauty - white female with straight, black hair

Are there any animated movies that feature pretty black girls or women with natural hair?

It's the same thing with the any series on disney featuring us (think Raven, SisterSister, The Proud family).

I try to counteract what she sees by telling her she is beautiful and buying books that feature us with natural hair.

Yes Sister C-note, that is the challenge. Not to mention our own projecting this imagine on to each other everyday. You can stand to uniquely beautiful girls side by side, and our own will look at the one whose skin is lighter, hair longer and straighter, and say how beautiful she is. Leaving the darker child, whose hair is thinker, fuller, and not as straight, thinking she must not be beautiful.

What I noticed also, is when the father is in the home, or active in their little girls lives, and reenforcing momma oppinions on how beautiful their daughters are, the more likely the child will except their own outer/inner beauty.
 
I can't remember ever seeing any Black person on Disney. Glorifying Pocahontas who betrayed her people to aide the white men who later slaughtered them is a slap in the face of Native Americans so I don't see that as their acceptance of Native Americans ove Blacks.

Maybe we have to abandon the media in mass. If they aren't going to support us why should we continue to support them? Maybe it's time to let them see that Black people are their lifeblood.
 

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