[Discussion] Black Women natural hair.

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How come whenever a black girl with natural hair competes in a fashion show she starts of like this

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But ends up like this afterwards?

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Is the fashion world racist?
 

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People can't have more than one hairstyle?
 

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Both are fine. Let them do what they want.
 

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Girls care more than guys honestly
 

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Racism does play a part. There's reason why natural hair became a movement for black women. To a lot of people it may look like they just like straight hair but growing up I was constantly told my hair was ugly and needed to be straightened. This was by other black people and my hair is not that kinky either.



Black hair is seen as unkept, messy, dirty and unprofessional. I can't tell you how many times I've heard non-black women use the word Afro to describe their hair being messy and dirty.
 
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When Nordic women are the western beauty standard, women of other ethnicities will try to achieve said beauty standard whether it be through hair straightening, make up unfitting to darker skin, skin bleaching, dying of hair, etc. This is not to say these things are always done to achieve a more eurocentric look; many people simply prefer certain aesthetics over others.

Also, generally speaking, black women with eurocentric features (small nose bridge, thinner lips, thinner nose, vertical facial proportions, kinky/straight hair) are promoted over black women with afrocentric features (wide nose bridge, big lips, wider nose, high cheek bones, horizontal facial proportions, nappy/natural hair).

Although beautiful, this is not the preferred aesthetic within the west.
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I see eurocentric black women as "white women dipped in chocolate", this image best illustrates what I mean.
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Occasionally you'll find a general societal preference for lighter skin, mulatoo women over black women, though it isn't absolute.

To answer your question, no. The fashion world is not racist, it's simply a matter of beauty standards and social conditioning to have a preference for certain aesthetics.
 
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And then:



I would recommend to check them out in the same order as posted.
 
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