Remember Your Worth: "Ee'da's Fade to White:"

I want to make sure you understand this video: "Ee'da fade to White" Enlightening spoken word piece on color consciousness by Ee'da.

 

Many Black women - just like the Indians and other Asians women- spend a lot of money to lighten on their skin.Why... ? I like black women with light skin color. Why..? Unfortuateley, here is an ideology that being dark-skinned in "bad" and light skin is "good". These standards were established during the slavery period of American History, and that ideology continues to
make it difficult for people who are dark skinned.

But Deep love and gratitude for yourself for you who are. To appreciate, love yourself the way Ee'da tells us to on her spoken words. I've never known this artist nor her genious. her video reminds me that bleaching that people do to try and look whiter is bad, because it alters natural state; it is sad also, because it lowers your self-concept and self-esteem. Remember your self-concept evaluates your self worth !

 

Beauty comes in all colours and shades ideals.Nobody should ever try to be somebody that they are not, try to fit society's standards of beauty, only what they themselves really are.Sometimes I try to see things from different perspectives. Beauty is beauty.It doesn't matter if you're white, black, yellow, purple, blue, what ever! I know how frustrating it can be, everyone judges everyone for no reason.
 In my opinion black people bleaching their skin is a form of self hatred, Black people should be proud of their skin.

 

Beauty is Beauty

Does the way someone makes his/her hair make him/her a better person ?
Does the way someone dress change his/her personality?
I don't think so, Your Identity shape by others perception but yourself never change.
You are who you are. perception is also affected by physical appearance. For many black women, perception is shaped by their hair.

 Such an empowering song. India.Arie reminds listeners that we often fail to understand we are not what people see. " Straight or nappy hair " doesn't define a person's soul.

We may perceive someone by first impressions, but India. Arie encourages us to look more deeply to see the soul. We must stop this immediate judgment. But first, we must understand how perceptions work.

 

Sources of Perception: Media, experience, culture etc. influence our ideas about beauty and how we judge ourselves  within  society. For example, many people see a woman with a shortly cropped hairstyle & make the assumption that she is a lesbian! A lot of the men I know,think a woman should always have long flowing locks at all times as it is a feminine thing. I can understand that.

I also realize this thought probably comes from some deep-rooted, our culture, our life experience, and the source of our perceptions.