#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:

Peep the hashtag I started in response to anti-blackness & the fetishization of non-black WMN to erase our features https://t.co/2oY2FvqvNU

— X (@XLNB) November 3, 2015

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

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough because “mixed” is not a synonym for pretty. Beautiful black women exist everywhere

— Kay (@KaydotM_) November 5, 2015

#BeingBlackisPrettyEnough because I’ve struggled with hating my skin and body. You are more than enough, you are beautiful.

— Black Girl. (@FatAfrodite) November 3, 2015

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

— Queen Nzinga (@QueenNzinga13) 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💁🏾🙄

— Merry Thiccmas Baby🤶🏾🎁🎄 (@OshunDeep7) November 3, 2015

BC it’s taken me 22 years to love the skin I’m in and be proud of who I am #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough pic.twitter.com/LArBrqgoI0

— tæ-lä. ✨ (@under_TAA_sea) November 3, 2015

#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough 💫 pic.twitter.com/PbEOKigew5

— Gazelle Mone’t (@GazelleMonet) 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

— Creepozoid 👩🏾‍💻 (@InikoRose) 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

— Raya (@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

— A Lemony Christmas 🍋🎄 (@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

i hate when people are like

your the prettiest black girl I know
or
your pretty for a black girl #BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough

— chocoprincess🍫 (@hotlamedoll) November 3, 2015

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

🍫👩🏾💕#BeingBlackIsPrettyEnough pic.twitter.com/rNQRBVkDHF

— Domo (@d_andreaaaaa) November 8, 2015

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

— 🥀 (@MJStarLover) November 8, 2015

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