#BeingBlackisPrettyEnough Tackles Anti-Blackness and Fetishization of Non-Black Women

Just recently we covered Franchesca Ramsey’s video on how the outright fetishization of biracial children is problematic. However, these attitudes and similar that are drenched in the aesthetic of anti-blackness still manage to show up on timelines. The #BeingBlackisPrettyEnough hashtag was created by twitter user @XLNB in response to a tweet by another user that fetishized biracial children; specifically that of black men and non-black women:

Here’s the rest of the inciteful dialog by @XNLB that sparked the #BeingBlackisPrettyEnough trending hash tag below:

https://twitter.com/XLNB/status/661681841594724352

Not long after the conversation went viral, many black women took to twitter to share their photos and stories of self acceptance, struggle and body positivity under the #BeingBlackisPrettyEnough hashtag.

https://twitter.com/_DoReMimi/status/662772665615319040

https://twitter.com/drunkdragonmom/status/662329930714390530

https://twitter.com/KaylaJanay_/status/662305998519066624

https://twitter.com/DarcysLadyLove/status/661565518420267008

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough because a drop of anything else doesn't automatically grant me beauty. I don't have to be mixed to be pretty

— Nzinga ✨ (@thequeennzinga) November 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/darlingd_xo/status/661437161749647360

https://twitter.com/FLEEKBOYYYS/status/661548236491083776

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough because it just is. We don't have to explain OUR beauty just because we aren't "mixed" and you don't understand💁🏾🙄

— Legs and hips and BAWDY, BAWDY!🦵🏾 (@DarkVisenya7) November 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/under_TAA_sea/status/661618239101870080

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough 💫 pic.twitter.com/PbEOKigew5

— EarthtoGazelle (@EarthToGazelle) November 3, 2015

#beingblackisprettyenough because I refuse to live in society's standard of beauty… Fuck that I'm too cute👅💦 pic.twitter.com/zvfFRibQxJ

— ❤IsMyAlterEgo❤ (@LyfeIn_Greek) November 3, 2015

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough ❣ pic.twitter.com/v3vYi0bFbb

— Vagina Vigilante 🦸🏾‍♀️ (@galacticathena) November 6, 2015

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough is a beautiful thing to me, I love the skin I'm in and wouldn't want to be anyone else 😌 pic.twitter.com/bbSKKGnLWp

— Reneé 🇯🇲 (@SimplyAfflict) November 6, 2015

Because #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough 💁🏽 pic.twitter.com/DlFZG1uDut

— Gia (@geraya1) November 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/hoeforzustin/status/661683245516484608

Of all the things that can happen to your baby (health concerns), skin-tone and hair texture matters more? #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough

— LemonSquared🍋 (@LemonClarkMedia) November 3, 2015

For the women and girls who don't "look" Latina because we have darker skin and not-so-curly hair, #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough ❤

— LANI (@LittleFoot_Lani) November 6, 2015

https://twitter.com/_CrystalsTruth/status/662393531131146240

https://twitter.com/hotlamedoll/status/661427683587305472

I'm not mixed at all, and I get questioned all the time about who I am and where I come from like, #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough

— – Ꭰ. (@_diamonnds) November 8, 2015

https://twitter.com/d_andreaaaaa/status/663232494657933313

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough 👸🏾💁🏾✊🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/8vfHS97QC6

— 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊. (@MJFINESSELOVER) November 8, 2015

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