Are our bodies really our own? This may sound silly but their are multiple influences all around us in today's society. From implants, to music videos, to tattoos and piercings; all of these things have an effect. Overtime it has become a trend for other races of women to desire bigger buttocks, brown skin, and full lips. For the most part, all of these attributes describes an African American woman. Now that these things can be purchased it is putting a toll on black women who are not naturally built this way.
After watching Soul Food Junkies, I learned that there is a great amount of cultural pressure when it comes to food. In the documentary B. Hurt was pressured many times to eat things that he truly didn't want to eat. It reminds me of how peers try to pressure their friends to get tattoos or piercings like it is some type of rite of passage. This is very common in the music industry and usually it categorized as expressive.
Lastly it is evident that black bodies are being used through music. In class we discussed in depth about the "Untitled (How Does it Feel)" D'angelo music video. It was revealed in a interview that he was not comfortable with the lack of clothes and the video concept. If a black woman is in a music video 9/10 she will have on hardly any clothes and is usually "twerking". A black women having curves and being able to dance has become the standard.
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