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#2
(Original post by Marky Mark)
What's wrong with this picture?
What's wrong with this picture?
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(Original post by goldie56)
Gonna guess the hair
Gonna guess the hair
The hair is a part of it, yes. It's not the only thing though the whole image is just wrong. Their skins have been whitened, their noses straightened and their weaves, that horse hair looks amazing but unnatural to me.
It's very disconcerting to see 3 generations of black women all aspiring to have white features in order to sell magazines and get paid. To make the whole matter worse they're wearing tribal garbs the only thing missing are nose rings and perhaps discs to insert into their ear lobes.
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(Original post by Marky Mark)
The hair is a part of it, yes. It's not the only thing though the whole image is just wrong. Their skins have been whitened, their noses straightened and their weaves, that horse hair looks amazing but unnatural to me.
It's very disconcerting to see 3 generations of black women all aspiring to have white features in order to sell magazines and get paid. To make the whole matter worse they're wearing tribal garbs the only thing missing are nose rings and perhaps discs to insert into their ear lobes.
The hair is a part of it, yes. It's not the only thing though the whole image is just wrong. Their skins have been whitened, their noses straightened and their weaves, that horse hair looks amazing but unnatural to me.
It's very disconcerting to see 3 generations of black women all aspiring to have white features in order to sell magazines and get paid. To make the whole matter worse they're wearing tribal garbs the only thing missing are nose rings and perhaps discs to insert into their ear lobes.
I straighten my nose with contouring, am I hating on my race?
Or what about when I lighten my hair? Am I rejecting my Spanish roots? Nah, I just like the way it looks.Black women are just as entitled as anyone else to alter their appearance. When I straighten/curl my hair no one says anything, but the minute a black woman does it she's been brainwashed by European beauty standards and hates her race. Pathetic.
Black women are under no obligation to look "natural" any more than white women are.
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(Original post by Marky Mark)
The hair is a part of it, yes. It's not the only thing though the whole image is just wrong. Their skins have been whitened, their noses straightened and their weaves, that horse hair looks amazing but unnatural to me.
It's very disconcerting to see 3 generations of black women all aspiring to have white features in order to sell magazines and get paid. To make the whole matter worse they're wearing tribal garbs the only thing missing are nose rings and perhaps discs to insert into their ear lobes.
The hair is a part of it, yes. It's not the only thing though the whole image is just wrong. Their skins have been whitened, their noses straightened and their weaves, that horse hair looks amazing but unnatural to me.
It's very disconcerting to see 3 generations of black women all aspiring to have white features in order to sell magazines and get paid. To make the whole matter worse they're wearing tribal garbs the only thing missing are nose rings and perhaps discs to insert into their ear lobes.
They're not trying to be white, they're trying to lighter black. When whites tan nobody says they're changing race or trying to, because they aren't. Having straight hair and noses would also include every other race on the planet..
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They have all bleached their skin and had plastic surgery on their noses. I do not even need to mention the weaves on their head. What kind of example is this setting to young black women? Is having 'European' features the only way to become successful? The self-hate and identity issues that people face is simply beyond me, it is very sad.
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(Original post by Tyrion_Lannister)
Why? How do you know their natural skin isn't that colour, as black women can be that colour naturally? And hair extensions are made of human hair.
I straighten my nose with contouring, am I hating on my race?
Or what about when I lighten my hair? Am I rejecting my Spanish roots? Nah, I just like the way it looks.
Black women are just as entitled as anyone else to alter their appearance. When I straighten/curl my hair no one says anything, but the minute a black woman does it she's been brainwashed by European beauty standards and hates her race. Pathetic.
Black women are under no obligation to look "natural" any more than white women are.
Why? How do you know their natural skin isn't that colour, as black women can be that colour naturally? And hair extensions are made of human hair.
I straighten my nose with contouring, am I hating on my race?
Or what about when I lighten my hair? Am I rejecting my Spanish roots? Nah, I just like the way it looks.Black women are just as entitled as anyone else to alter their appearance. When I straighten/curl my hair no one says anything, but the minute a black woman does it she's been brainwashed by European beauty standards and hates her race. Pathetic.
Black women are under no obligation to look "natural" any more than white women are.
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
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(Original post by Marky Mark)
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
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This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
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(Original post by Marky Mark)
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
![Image]()
![Image]()
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
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#16
(Original post by moonriver96)
Rihanna's nose is actually much more wider and Naomi's skin has been whitened.
Rihanna's nose is actually much more wider and Naomi's skin has been whitened.
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(Original post by Marky Mark)
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
![Image]()
![Image]()
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
That isn't their natural skin colour, you can google for images of their REAL skin colour. Perhaps Rihanna is light naturally since her heritage is different from the other two women's however she has considerably gone lighter since the she debuted. Her nose has also gone from being wide and typically black to being something of a white woman's nose.
This is not the result of heavenly contouring but rather the major intervention of a plastic surgeon. You can't deny that they haven't enhanced their appearance to look more white, there's only so much make up can do. The evidence is piling up.
She doesn't have a white nose at all. Again she;s straightened her nose, so what? Women of all ethnicities get this done - there's nothing wrong with it.
Who said they have to look natural? They can wear make up sure. But changing the structure of their face by altering their nose shapes and giving themselves defined jaw lines makes them look like completely different people. They're sell outs.
All this "be yourself" advice that is being touted is nothing but garbage.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
The message we get from these famous black people is one of self-loathing and disdain for their heritage and identity.
Honestly this policing of black women's bodies is disgusting
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#19
I am confused, is that a pic of iman ( the somali model) if that is so then what is wrong with her features. Somali hair is like that
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#20
(Original post by CryptoidAlien)
'Lightened' you mean.
'Lightened' you mean.
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