Isn't it a double standard?
2007-08-27 06:53:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Mike M, I can honestly say I laughed for 5 minutes after I read that, but your still a horrible person
2007-08-27 07:06:29 · update #1
It is just under stood.
2007-08-27 06:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by south of france 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It is definitely a double standard. In a perfect world, both sayings would be acceptable as statements of self-confidence and pride. However, in today's world there is too much negative history behind the phrase "white is beautiful" for it to be okay. People remember Hitler's regime, which was based off the idea that white is the most beautiful race, and feel uncomfortable hearing "white is beautiful." People think of the KKK and other white supremacists and think that "white is beautiful" is just a stepping stone to a more extreme way of thinking. On the other hand, "black is beautiful" is taken as an empowering statement because of the many years during which the black people in America were told that they weren't beautiful, that they were second-class to the whites. Perhaps people would be more comfortable with a saying like "white is beautiful TOO" because the current one reminds them of "ONLY white is beautiful." Then they could realize that the statements aren't mutually exclusive, but rather extensions of the most accurate phrase: "every color is beautiful."
2007-08-27 07:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by sheisfunky 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
All races are beautiful in their own way, and anyone can say so. I don't understand why people ask such questions when you know it only brings controversy. It is sad that some white Americans don't see why blacks have to make their own standards high and be proud of that because no matter how we look at ourselves as a race we will have some whites looking down on us. So if saying "Black is Beautiful" makes us feel good, so be it. Quit worrying about the little things and start working on the real issues.
2007-08-27 07:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by Kendra J 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a double standard but you have to think about the history of blacks in this country. White people were made to feel like they were inferior. So saying things like "Black is beautiful" is a way to boast the spirits of African Americans or Blacks around the world.
2007-08-27 07:06:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i have seen several questions like this on yahoo. You can't have an all white school or an all male club or do or say things that mimic segregation/civil rights violations of the past because that's where we were and we do not want to go back to it. When society encourages minority groups to say things like black is beautiful or females are the smarter sex etc, it is not because it is necessarily true, it is because it encourages us to move away from the discriminatory attitudes of the past. The fact that this is becoming an issue now means that we are getting closer to gender equality and racial equality, not reverse racism.
2007-08-27 07:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by uz 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is, but will answering this question change the world? 'Colour is beautiful', end of story. I dont think anyone is more beautiful than the other(though it seems so when one is glorified above the other, so it depends on how you see it), as beauty is an equally distributed trait in the human race.
2007-08-27 20:50:42 · answer #6 · answered by ironsheep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 03:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kyle g: "Whites don't have to say white is beautiful. It's understood through popular culture. The re-affirming of black is beautiful is a constant because of the perpetual negative connotations given about blacks through popular culture and stereotypes."
yeah, what she said...
2007-08-27 07:21:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
White is beautiful.
There we go, I am more than allowed to say it. Black is Beautiful rolls off the tounge a litte better but hey whatever.
2007-08-27 06:59:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think white people can say they are beautiful. We just can't have history months or cultural/heritage centers or organizations "for advancement"... because we already rock the party and have consistently rocked it for 100s of years.
2007-08-27 08:16:53 · answer #10 · answered by not_omniscient_enough 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know, but whites should have the right to say "White is Beautiful." **** all of you who disagree.
2007-08-27 12:36:47 · answer #11 · answered by cute_citis2009 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋