Growing up as a young black girl, I was not fully aware that the media and society taught me to hate my thick hair, brown skin and big lips. The general public tried to train black people to dislike their culture. We were also taught that european features were desired, and well favored over what I was born with. In 2017, racism and sexism is alive and well and it is infiltrating our society more now than ever. As an illustration, in 2016, my mother and I visited Whole Foods Market. We noticed we were the only black people in the store, we got strange looks from the other customers but in no way did that stop us from shopping. As we approached the register, the cashier and the bagger at the end of the register looked at each other almost …show more content…
There’s a problem with this since black women don’t get the praise and recognition they deserve for coming up with these innovative, and creative ideas. Instead, society always makes it seem like white women discovered these things, yet another way to try to shut out the black woman. Not only are we not credited for those things, but outsiders view it as tacky and “ghetto” but when a white woman does it, it’s “Chic” or “Trendy”. The black voices of associate editor from the Huffington Post stated “From dreadlocks to dashikis, white America has taken black traditions and used them for their own gain by failing to give proper credit, ignoring historical context or blatantly perpetuating stereotypes.” (Finley 2015). Also “This year was full of white people receiving praise for the same hairstyles people of color are looked down upon for wearing. Cultural staples were dubbed “new trends“ and black people were often erased from black spaces.” (Finley 2015). Including this intuitive quote from Amandla Stenberg saying, “What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?” (Gorenstein 2015). These are just a few of the verification of the discriminatory situations that occur in society as an inconsiderate way to shun the black