- Aug 30, 2012
- 12
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so today i went on time travel back to the 1950- listening to nina simone etc. and reading the life stories. I am came across Josephine baker- and read hers.
A few things stood out to me- 1)out of her mutliracial- rainbow tribe- not one was black
2) She is best known for her ' banana costume' why on earth wpuld you dress in that knowing your age and time
3) she was known for her topless and erotica dancing- this doesn't help the image of black esp. mulatto women being jezebels
i understand that being a black women should not restrain us from being e.g. sexual free- as it just a colour, but to me strikes me as a sell-out ****- does anyone else agree?
A few things stood out to me- 1)out of her mutliracial- rainbow tribe- not one was black
2) She is best known for her ' banana costume' why on earth wpuld you dress in that knowing your age and time
3) she was known for her topless and erotica dancing- this doesn't help the image of black esp. mulatto women being jezebels
i understand that being a black women should not restrain us from being e.g. sexual free- as it just a colour, but to me strikes me as a sell-out ****- does anyone else agree?