Blue Ivy Blasted By Blogosphere For Black Facial Features

Is black bravado insecurity in disguise?  Why do blacks attack black features?

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2011/12/22/happy-to-be-nappy-barbie/

The racial identity complaint we blacks leveled against Michael Jackson was not a problem that Michael dealt with alone. Way too many blacks hate looking  black.


Last week, the article I read on this topic involved the issue of black women in the workplace having to decide if natural hair is an impediment to corporate mobility.  This week we find black people leaving blog posts attacking Beyonce for marrying a black man with African features.  Apparently, Blue Ivy is starting to look way too much like her daddy.

If you are a black person who has these type of "Jay-Z" features (big lips and nose) and despise them for some apparent stigma towards those who possess them, you immediately notice these features in others.  It would be nice if we all realized that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For every person that does not like your features, there are others who do.

The reality is that it is too late for all of that.  No matter how often fashion magazines attempt to deviate from our normal view of beauty, they quickly return to the mold.  Barbie defined beauty for way too many young people who have now chiseled her hand picked features into the psyche of the American conscience.  Even the black and brown skinned kids whose parents bought the ethnic dolls noticed that she looked just like the white version but with darker skin color ( and now nappy hair).

American's have allowed popular culture to define beauty for all of us, and the minority is rapidly being assimilated into the majority image.  Black American's are in a social tug-o-war over principle or economic mobility.  You can absolutely take the activist route, but you do so realizing the automatic stigma that accompanies the happy to be nappy movement.  Moreover, conforming to popular demand makes all of us an accomplice to social conformity. Anyone can be made to look pretty, but it takes something divine and natural to define beauty.  As a result, real beauty is becoming endangered.

As for all of you big lipped blacks that are blasting Blue Ivy, I would remind you that thanks to ObamaCare, mental health is more accessible than ever.