A new exhibit at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” presents artistic photographs of African Americans throughout the decades. As the review from the L.A. Times states: “Taken together, these photographs ar far more than just striking pictures of African American men and women. They document concepts of beauty throughout [...]
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“Dark Girls”: A Movie That Will SCHOCK You
My friend and colleague, Natalie (who happens to be a vivacious, beautiful and intelligent African-American woman) clued me in to this extremely touching and frightening video about the major discrimination against very dark skin — even, or I should say especially, by other members of the African-American community. It’s a preview for a documentary called [...]
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Beauty and Racism
Ugh, I’m so disgusted. I even hesitate to bring up the topic but I do think we should know shit is out there so we can defend against it. What am I talking about? I saw a story on Pennlive.com about a psychologist at the London School of Economics, Satoshi Kanazawa, publishing an article in [...]
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