by
Rinny
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
https://twitter.com/darlingd_xo/status/661437161749647360
https://twitter.com/FLEEKBOYYYS/status/661548236491083776
https://twitter.com/under_TAA_sea/status/661618239101870080
https://twitter.com/geraya1/status/662346966991532034
https://twitter.com/hoeforzustin/status/661683245516484608
https://twitter.com/LemonClarkMedia/status/661437184512163840
https://twitter.com/_CrystalsTruth/status/662393531131146240
https://twitter.com/hotlamedoll/status/661427683587305472
https://twitter.com/d_andreaaaaa/status/663232494657933313
Share your thoughts below on the #BeingBlackisPrettyEnough tag!
3 Responses
#AndBeingUnprettyIsOkayToo
Am I the only one tired of playing the olympics to be number one in the male gaze?
So glad that so many people are standing up to this pervasive self-hating mindset.
yet I’m looking for the founder of the #beingblackisprettyenough hashtag and twitter says his account has been suspended. I wonder if it’s because of the movement he started. It’s a shame when black people try to unite under a common goal of self love and acceptance only to be derailed. I won’t be surprised if some who reported his account in the first place were black. As i like to say..black people are our own worse enemies. I don’t know why it’s so hard for us to unite for the betterment of our race. When there’s one or a few who try to debunk stereotypes or uplift the black race, there will always be those within OUR own black race who try to tear us down and go against the unity. It’s really tragic!