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Originally posted by lousaysthings
Not when she only settled on race as soon as Taylor challenged her on body image ![coffee2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/b80efe23.gif)
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Race and body image are intrinsically related, silly goose
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Black women tend to have larger buttocks, and are curvier in general. These attributes are rarely celebrated on black women; only non-black women.
During the period when Saartjie Baartman was stationed in zoos to have her large behind gawked at by white Dylans and Beckys. Despite the stigma, it was still rather fashionable for white women to wear crinoline under their gowns to give an illusion of a larger ass.
Have we truly overcome this double standard when Sports Illustrated covers are seen as more classy than Anaconda's single cover? Note the Vogue article that proclaimed "Booty is in". But booty is something black women have had since Adam & Eve. Booty is only "in" because ass shots and other cosmetic procedures have become more accessible to the common white, just as the crinoline were in the 19th century.
How does this relate to the VMAs? Nicki believes that because of this double standard, had she been white, her music video would have been received more positively in general, and thus receive a VMA award. Hence her emphasis on "kind" and "other". There are layers to this. It only takes one to pay attention.
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