[lilyblue]

I wanted to resurrect the Busties of Color thread. Allies welcome.

Reading in another thread about what is feminist/not feminist got me thinking about how people perceive women of color. For me, being black, I have constantly spent most of my life being told that I am not black enough. Even my grandmother has said that to me.

I remember sitting in my hairdresser's chair and asking if we could turn the news off. I simply found it depressing. She then said that "my grandmother was right, you do think you are a white girl". I was crushed. It still hurts to think about because I just want to be myself. I am just me, yet it's not good enough.

Sometimes I wonder if I should call myself feminist or womanist. Am I betraying other WOCs if I call myself feminist? Do I really think I'm white?

It's been the bane of my existence for years. I've been depressed over it and I would love to discuss stuff like this.

Also, in what ways does the feminist movement still exclude women of color?

[anarch]

Demand for plastic surgery rises among ethnic patients:
"Nose reshaping is the most commonly requested procedure for Asian Americans and blacks, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Breast augmentation leads the pack for Hispanic patients. “Rarely do we find that any of these minorities or ethnic groups want to look like a Caucasian” "

Hmmm. They don't mention the epicanthic eyelid fold thing for Asians that we've discussed here before. (Maybe eyelid surgery happens more in actual Asian countries, overseas?) And in my experience, a flat nose (actually my brother referred to it as "bulbous"...flat and bulbous) certainly was one of the many physical traits that set me and my sibs apart from (below, really) our mostly Caucasian classmates in school.