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Double Standards In The Black Community by Tay16(f): 9:37pm On Jul 11, 2015
I have noticed that all around the world there are many things a black woman would be condemed for if she does but will not necessarily apply to non-black women.

For instance black women are constantly ridiculed for their kinky hair. It is oftenly called nappy hair. It is not seen as a symbol of beauty. If she puts on human hair extensions she is called fake.
Unlike when a non-black woman gets a breast and butt implants to have that shape many black women are naturally blessed with. You have people like Kim Kardashian constantly being praised for their fake assets.

When a black woman is dark skinned in many cases she is not seen as beautiful or feminine. She is associated with negative things. When a white woman gets a tan to look darker, the same cannot be said about her. Rather she is seen as thinner and prettier when she darkens her skin.
When a dark skinned woman lighten her skin with the belief that they will look "more appealing" to society, they are labeled with many negative names. But hey others can tan and not be labelled.

A non-black promiscous woman who shagged many to get fame can still be a desire of many black men (again i will use Kim as an example) but a black women who has slept with 5-12guys out of love, will not be worthy of making a wife.

Some black men would rather marry a woman that will give him half-caste children. The brighter the skin, the more likely they are to be called beautiful. I guess he would have forgotten that he was once a dark child that was still loved and valued dearly by his parents when he was young despite the colour of his own skin.

A black woman with a small butt is mocked and sometimes teased for "looking like a man" and a non-black woman with a smaller butt is still seen as beautiful and feminine, even when she has a more boyish body shape.

Is it the inferiority complex that has brainwashed our black community? Have white people successfully made us feel inadequate to the extent that every negative thing they have ever associated black people with even in the slavery days, still keep us in bondage decades later?

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Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by khel(m): 9:44pm On Jul 11, 2015
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by fr3do(m): 10:00pm On Jul 11, 2015
The same black community look down on Africans.
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by tpiander: 2:04am On Jul 12, 2015
Terrible.
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by ladygogo: 2:28am On Jul 12, 2015
How is this the business of the average Nigerian? You people be bringing all these akata problems to nairaland.
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by tpiander: 2:30am On Jul 12, 2015
ladygogo:
How is this the business of the average Nigerian? You people be bringing all these akata problems to nairaland.

Are you saying nigerians have no problems?
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by SisterCaro(m): 5:04am On Jul 12, 2015
fr3do:
The same black community look down on Africans.
what are you talking about? Are Africans not black people?

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Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by SisterCaro(m): 5:07am On Jul 12, 2015
ladygogo:
How is this the business of the average Nigerian? You people be bringing all these akata problems to nairaland.
because an average Nigerian is still part of the black community

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Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by Akposb(m): 3:22pm On Jul 12, 2015
The worst thing any man can do is to let stereotype affect them, this issues are roundly discussed but I think personal take on this issues will make us feel better. Unfortunately we have some other issues here compared to what you face wherever you may be.s
Re: Double Standards In The Black Community by tpiander: 8:42pm On Jul 12, 2015
SisterCaro:
what are you talking about? Are Africans not black people?

he did not say Africans are not black people?

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