Actual Beauty Standards for White Women
My last post made me wonder if it was simply the rather vast differences in appearance between typical traits of blacks and whites that controlled attraction factors (A.K.A. maybe Black isn't so beautiful). You've probably heard people say it before; "whites want to be just like
us, they just don't 
want to be us. " I have to say to some extent I agree. Collagen/Restalyne to enlargen lips, tan their skin to become less pale, butt implants and breast implants to create a more curvy figure that is often associated with more ethnic races, like blacks.. no doubt. However, the part of the beauty standard that I am don't quite seem to think is attributed to the want to be black-esque, is that these traits are often found in all different people of color, like some Latinas, Asians, and Blacks. I think the white need to achieve these features through means of plastic surgery and/or other beauty regimes is more of a need to feel more exotic. Of course, t
hat puts many natural black features in that same category as this desired look, but I'm not convinced it's purely any sort of self-"hatred" (if you will) on the part of the white spectrum or any sort of desire to be black or black-like alone. I seize to think white privilege is something many whites would love to dispose of anytime soon. Perhaps all us "minorities" should take the imitation as a form of flattery. Or perhaps we should test it by getting lipsuction to remove any traces of a curvy figure, get lip reductions, rhinoplasties to slim down our wider noses, and douse ourselves in SPF-30 while holding an umbrella to block the rays on the rare occassions we leave the house and see if we are allegedly copied again with our new less ethnic looks.
To further illustrate my point, that read this quote from 2005's Pretty Persuasion:
"I have respect for all races, but I'm very glad that I was born white. As a woman, it's the best race to be. Especially if you want to become an actress, like I do. If I wasn't white, then the next thing I would wanna be is Asian. . . If I couldn't be white and I also couldn't be Asian, then my third choice would be African-American because I've always wanted to be a gospel singer and also, black men are more forgiving if your butt gets big. Except I'd definitely want light skin and Caucasian features like... Vanessa Williams or Halle Berry. . ."
want to be us. " I have to say to some extent I agree. Collagen/Restalyne to enlargen lips, tan their skin to become less pale, butt implants and breast implants to create a more curvy figure that is often associated with more ethnic races, like blacks.. no doubt. However, the part of the beauty standard that I am don't quite seem to think is attributed to the want to be black-esque, is that these traits are often found in all different people of color, like some Latinas, Asians, and Blacks. I think the white need to achieve these features through means of plastic surgery and/or other beauty regimes is more of a need to feel more exotic. Of course, t
hat puts many natural black features in that same category as this desired look, but I'm not convinced it's purely any sort of self-"hatred" (if you will) on the part of the white spectrum or any sort of desire to be black or black-like alone. I seize to think white privilege is something many whites would love to dispose of anytime soon. Perhaps all us "minorities" should take the imitation as a form of flattery. Or perhaps we should test it by getting lipsuction to remove any traces of a curvy figure, get lip reductions, rhinoplasties to slim down our wider noses, and douse ourselves in SPF-30 while holding an umbrella to block the rays on the rare occassions we leave the house and see if we are allegedly copied again with our new less ethnic looks.To further illustrate my point, that read this quote from 2005's Pretty Persuasion:
"I have respect for all races, but I'm very glad that I was born white. As a woman, it's the best race to be. Especially if you want to become an actress, like I do. If I wasn't white, then the next thing I would wanna be is Asian. . . If I couldn't be white and I also couldn't be Asian, then my third choice would be African-American because I've always wanted to be a gospel singer and also, black men are more forgiving if your butt gets big. Except I'd definitely want light skin and Caucasian features like... Vanessa Williams or Halle Berry. . ."
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