Black Body Politics in College

Eley, Latasha N.

doi:10.1007/978-94-6351-110-0_5

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“…Participants revealed they were asked to cut their hair and save the cost of hair stylists especially if they had 'hard textured' hair which was not easy to comb or style. Closely related to these findings, Eley's (2017) research unveiled that grandmothers, aunties and mothers expressed contempt for natural Afro hair.…”

Section: Teasingmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Colorism included skin tone stereotypes whereby dark-skinned women were assigned negative character traits (Maddox & Gray 2002, Harvey et al 2017. Besides that, lightskinned were more favored by family members (Eley 2017).…”

Section: Preferential Vs Unfair Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Certain hurtful names were used to refer to dark-skinned women including sufuria (cooking pot that turns black as it coated soot), and makaa (charcoal). Eley (2017) unearthed derogatory name calling in high school among the dark-skinned women with such terms as gorilla, burnt cookie, and Oreo.…”

Section: Teasingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Afrocentric beauty: The proliferation of ‘Texturist’ and ‘Colorist’ beliefs among young women in Kenya

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Kokonya³

2023

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The beauty ideals of a Eurocentric nature have been promulgated among African communities for decades dating back to the colonial era. The beauty ideal posits lighter or brown skin tone as prettier and straight hair as attractive. The study aimed to identify ways in which families and peers have perpetuated this common beauty ideal within the home and school settings and how these have influenced how young women view themselves. There were 20 young women of different skin tones ranging from light, medium (brown) to dark participated in two focus group discussions. Thematic analysis was used whereby three main themes (familial influence, peer socialization and self-perceptions) and four sub-themes were identified (general opinion, teasing, family disassociation and preferential vs. unfair treatment). Findings revealed that family member and peers knowingly and unknowingly augmented ‘colorist’ and ‘texturist’ beliefs by ridiculing both dark-skinned and light-skinned women. Most of them treated dark skinned people unfairly. The research findings suggested that future research should investigate how body features represent attractiveness within the African communities.

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Section: Teasingmentioning

confidence: 86%