Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-18-2020
Grading Professor
Fred Kaufman
Subject Concentration
Business & Economics
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
In 2019, after a weekend full of rejection in the gayest neighborhood in Los Angeles, I became so ashamed of my phenotypically black facial features, I completely stopped looking in the mirror. As it turns out, I’m one of many black people who have internalized anti-blackness to such an extent. Skin bleaching is a multi-billion-dollar sector of the cosmetics industry, with Africa being its biggest market, and studies show that black people with darker skin and wider noses are more likely to be killed during encounters with the police. So, an honest conversation about systemic racism is actually a conversation about beauty. And the European standard of attractiveness is what keeps the system up and running.
https://malique93.github.io/capstone-project-/
Recommended Citation
Morris, Malique I., "My Face is Not the Problem" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/425
Included in
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons, Technical and Professional Writing Commons