Beauty Standards
Where light skinned slaves worked
What is in the house?
Race & gender most prone to eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia
What are Euro-American women?
The two theories discussed within the topic of body politics and beauty
What are standpoint and Afrocentric theory?
The significance of hair in the “Black is Beautiful” movement
What is being political and powerful and straying away from white beauty standards?
Some of the Black beauty standards that White women absorbed
What are lip injections to have fuller lips, tanning, and padding to have a larger bum?
The preferred hair type in the 1920's
What is straight or wavy?
Percent of African American Women happy with their bodies according to the 20/20 broadcast
What is 70%?
Theory that advocates the inclusion of all people and their perspectives
What is standpoint theory?
What Kathleen Cleaver explained in the short video
What is the significance of black people wearing their hair natural?
The discrimination/prejudice of darker skin
What is colorism?
Where dark skinned slaves worked
What is in the fields?
Case that upheld the right of employers to prohibit braided hairstyles
What is Rogers vs. American Airlines (1981)?
Centers Africans and African diaspora in research
What is Afrocentric theory?
Kwame Brathwaite and his contribution to the movement (Who was he?)
Who is a photographer known to capture the natural beauty of black women and black culture?
The belief of the color caste system
What is the belief that lighter skin is better than darker skin?
The ideal body type of the 1920's
What are slender hips & legs and small breasts?
Compared to white women, how much more time black women spend on their hair
What is 3x as much?
Moves Euro standard from hierarchical norm to horizontal equalizer
What is Afrocentric theory?
What the “Black is Beautiful" Movement stood for
What is a movement where they resisted Eurocentric beauty standards by embracing black culture?
What being a Black beauty liberationist means
What is to directly challenge the White supremacist hegemony?
The current beauty standards of the U.S.
What is being white, young, slim, having large breasts, being tall and a member of the upper class?
Changed after many lawsuits were made regarding hair discrimination in the workplace
What are corporate grooming policies?
Standpoint theory is based on this perspective (hint: relies on speaking)
What is dialectical perspective?
The three female activists that were involved in the "Black is Beautiful" movement
Who are Angela Davis, Tarika Matilaba and Kathleen Cleaver?
Person that defines a woman’s beauty
Who are women defining their OWN idea of beauty?