{"id":9414,"date":"2010-01-05T00:51:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T07:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9414"},"modified":"2010-01-05T00:51:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T07:51:51","slug":"what-if-black-women-were-white-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9414","title":{"rendered":"What If Black Women Were White Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the blog Alienated Conclusions<\/a>, and via Shadow and Act<\/a>, which in turn was via Womanist Musings<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What if suddenly, instantly, the power of white femininity were transferred to black women?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer is clear: Black women would represent value, purity; and based on their natural traits would be worthy of protection and instantly become the objects of universal desire. White women would represent the opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeauty tar potion\u201d would become globally popular to get the \u201cblack look.\u201d \u201cDove\u201d would be replaced with a black soap called \u201cRaven\u201d to help exfoliate the skin and bring out subtle hints of melanin.<\/p>\n

White female features would be declared violent. Their \u201cjagged\u201d thin lips, \u201cknife sharp\u201d noses, and \u201charsh\u201d jaw lines would be nature’s way of expressing why men have a natural preference for the soft features of black women. Soft lips, soft cheekbones, and soft, round noses would be proof of natural femininity. Full, pink lips and large, dark eyes would become associated with virginal black girls whose purity must not be compromised. Black female features would thus be said to represent youth.<\/p>\n

Straight, blond hair would be considered \u201cwild and unruly\u201d because when the wind blew, it did not stay in place. Women with naturally straight hair would hide their \u201cunruly\u201d and \u201cwild\u201d stick-straight hair in public. The desire for \u201clightweight hair\u201d that defied gravity would permanently end the use of blow dryers. Keeping one’s natural blond hair wild and straight would become indicative of a political statement.<\/p>\n

The anti-aging properties of black female skin combined with soft, curvy bodies would be proof of the overall reproductive health of black women. Scientists would argue that black women were naturally preferred as long term mates and mothers because they were \u201chealthier.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more at the original post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clicktrigger in the comments <\/a>at Shadow And Act added some more (click over to read all her suggestions):<\/p>\n

\u2026there\u2019d be a whole new kind of nose job.<\/p>\n

\u2026the default colors for underwear would be black, brown and tan. Dead-white bras would barely even exist. You\u2019d have to order those off the internet or something. And black cotton panties would be a symbol of feminine innocence.<\/p>\n

\u2026the irreversible skin-darkening (and iris-browning) caused by the prescription drug Latisse would go from being a heavily downplayed, barely-mentioned negative side effect to being the primary selling point. It would be sold OTC, with little to no regulation or FDA input. Everyone would just shrug and say \u201cwhy would anyone put that dangerous stuff on their skin\/in their eyes?!\u201d even as dark skin and brown eyes are aggressively promoted as the ideal. […]<\/p>\n

\u2026the meanings of certain words would change. \u201cFair\u201d would simply mean \u201clight-colored.\u201d The \u201cbeautiful\u201d meaning would fall out of use, and the archaic word \u201cebon\u201d would come back to replace it. Poets would pine for their muses with \u201cah, she was so ebon, so ebon!\u201d (We\u2019d also go back to using the word \u201cjust\u201d instead of \u201cfair.\u201d Kids would whine, \u201cHe got more than me! That\u2019s unjust!\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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