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Originally Posted by Krisco
Its always going to be an issue, its all about responding to it.
I just say things like "You still saying THAAAT?????" strongly attempting to make that person feel just as ignorant as they sound.
Thing is some of 'us' so-called educated folk are too blame for this still being an issue!
Look at a music video from the early 90's, the main girl usually was biracial with long curly hair, who SAID that was a TYPICAL Black girl?!?!?
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I agree that it will always be an issue. I briefly looked at that website and they talked about black women with straight hair and how that obsession originated.
I don't agree with the idea that educated folk are a source of blame. I think we are all in it equally. For example, I can say that there are some things that have been ingrained in me during my childhood and throughout my life that I still struggle with (e.g., hair texture, acceptable weight, and the spectrum of black social statuses). I think that it would be naive of anyone to say that it is something that people should just 'get over'. As long as prejudice (internal and external) exists, it will always be an issue.
Although it is not just about skin color, it is about how we, as blacks in general, struggle to fit into white society (people who historically do not care about nor accept us into their worlds).
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