Monday, April 19, 2010

my body, your body, the black body

i have been so fascinated and intrigued by the stigmas, connotations, and the labels surrounding the black body, in particular the black female body because i am just that, a black female.

saartjie bartman, now if you do not know who she is
please...inform yourself
but i am doing a project on the mystification of whole wheat bread, and the racial/ethnic metaphors that are attached to it...and it wouldnt be fair for me NOT to mention ms.bartman.
while researching this afternoon, i found this video with spoken word on youtube...take a look


it puts beyonce's rumpshaking, niki minaj's genitalia, and trina's "baddest bitch" mentality in a context black america is clearly not ready to handle face on. these women could use a thing or two from picking up a book, and probably would keep some clothes on and their dignity in tact.

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