Experiencing the stares of our forefathers...
The abolishment of racist institutions and the in between years of tolerance and our new recognition of diversity still is overshadowed by racism or is it our intwined in our national social taboos working?
I am new to blogging, myspace and any other online technological advancement over the past few years! However, I have found that posting for jobs, inquiries have been extremely beneficial for the type of work that I do. I found myself one day bored and wandering through personal posts men seeking women, women seeking men, etc. It was here that one post particularly caught my attention...Curious? Well, I was now curious..what was he curious about? " white, male 26, has never been with a black girl really curious about if its true what they say. please have an applebottom.." The ad goes on about how well he is "hung" and how "she wont be disappointed". Well, I was already disappointed. So, I began searching for other posts for white men seeking black women and many of them were the same!
In my opinion, I am more than just the stereotypical image of what a Black woman is suppose to be. We all encompass such a beautiful and broad scope of stories and experiences that I believe should be heard. The redundant idea of the bitter black woman who is just angry and unkind is so depressing for me...As a black woman I would not consider myself any of those things, I believe that I am savvy, persistent and articulate. These qualities have been minimized not only in our own community but in the communities that we are trying to create online. Or perhaps we are sexually aggressive and experts in bed...this fantasy of Black women and our sexual prowess for centuries have been at the curiosity of men world wide. What makes our sexual appetite any different? What makes our bodies more desirable? If this were true...images of me would cover Shape Magazine, Maxim and whatever else...however instead I am relegated and subjugated to a closeted sexual taboo.
So, then I began thinking when couples are in meaningful relationships we identify them as interacial couples and we stare. As progressive as we assume we are.. we still carry the assumptions and stereotypes that fuel racism or are we amazed at the courage that the couple has to attack a social taboo?
I am new to blogging, myspace and any other online technological advancement over the past few years! However, I have found that posting for jobs, inquiries have been extremely beneficial for the type of work that I do. I found myself one day bored and wandering through personal posts men seeking women, women seeking men, etc. It was here that one post particularly caught my attention...Curious? Well, I was now curious..what was he curious about? " white, male 26, has never been with a black girl really curious about if its true what they say. please have an applebottom.." The ad goes on about how well he is "hung" and how "she wont be disappointed". Well, I was already disappointed. So, I began searching for other posts for white men seeking black women and many of them were the same!
In my opinion, I am more than just the stereotypical image of what a Black woman is suppose to be. We all encompass such a beautiful and broad scope of stories and experiences that I believe should be heard. The redundant idea of the bitter black woman who is just angry and unkind is so depressing for me...As a black woman I would not consider myself any of those things, I believe that I am savvy, persistent and articulate. These qualities have been minimized not only in our own community but in the communities that we are trying to create online. Or perhaps we are sexually aggressive and experts in bed...this fantasy of Black women and our sexual prowess for centuries have been at the curiosity of men world wide. What makes our sexual appetite any different? What makes our bodies more desirable? If this were true...images of me would cover Shape Magazine, Maxim and whatever else...however instead I am relegated and subjugated to a closeted sexual taboo.
So, then I began thinking when couples are in meaningful relationships we identify them as interacial couples and we stare. As progressive as we assume we are.. we still carry the assumptions and stereotypes that fuel racism or are we amazed at the courage that the couple has to attack a social taboo?
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