Don’t define Black Culture by Main stream standards

Black culture is beautiful, but according to hot magazines, models, and television the standards of beauty does not always include Black men, and women. If you don’t find this true, then you must be living under a rock. Where the heck did the times go, when it was a positive meaning to be black? From television, the magazines and even Google, African American men and women are not given the “socially acceptable stamp” of being attractive, unless they are going by Caucasians standards of how one should look. Standards of beauty include pale complexions, straight hair, slim figures with small frames and fine facial features. No one in the African American culture should have to abide by those standards of beauty, especially because most of the “socially accepted” Caucasians hardly look the way they appear in mainstream media outlets. African American women are born with beautiful brown skin, in a variety of different shades. No need to pay for tanning, when the sun kisses your skin naturally. Not to mention our hair, it comes in different forms and can be straight or curly. African Americans hair grows n with a curly texture that can be loose or tight. Our hair is very versatile and can be styled in several different ways. These styles, or should I say our styles are usually imitated by other cultures, but could never match by comparison. We rock which makes our hair unique. I feel it is a form of hypocrisy for someone of Caucasian ethnicity to not agree on the style and length of a Black male’s hair, but socially accepts one of there own to wear his hair as long as he pleases. African American’s features have always been distinctive; our full lips are embedded in our history. Millions of beautiful black women probably have bad memories of being teased because of their full lips. Now of course, you see celebrities, especially the ones born with the “socially acceptable” lips, paying for lips, which if you ask me are way too big for their face, and it isn’t proportioned right. It’s pretty funny when you think about those standards of beauty. I say this because those same exact standards of beauty that are forced on black men and women, are not even being followed by other cultures. Instead we have those who pay for cosmetic surgery for full lips, breast and butts, which is now extremely popular, but how come those features are looked down on in regards to African Americans, those who were given these features naturally. Just admit it, our black is beautiful.