Black People Sound Off On African Author, Economist, & Scholar Dambisa Moyo’s Controversial Weave.
Here are a couple of comments from the black website BN Village. Some black people are not impressed that the author Dambisa Moyo wears a weave. After all, Dambisa Moyo’s bestselling book “Dead Aid” is preaching to African people that we must release ourselves from European domination. However, here is an African woman and her mind is colonized she is wearing a weave instead of her true, natural, African hair. Does Dambisa Moyo have a problem with her blackness?
Brooklyn Gal says this about Dambisa Moyo’s weave:
“But on another more pedestrian tip, the first time I saw her on TV, I was quite taken aback by that very shiny plastic-looking weave she had on her head. It looked so weird and unnatural. ”
“Here was this pretty sister, with very obviously beautiful African/Black features, talking about emancipation, and she had that thing on her head.”
“I know Black women come in all shapes, sizes and looks, but the comment about “our mentality and perception of ourselves with respect to others” hits the nail on the head for me, especially when I see Dambisa with her caucasian ‘hair’.”
“I’m not a hater, and she can do whatever she likes, but sometimes I think white folks don’t take Black folks like her seriously because they can see that on a conscious or subconscious level, people like Dambisa aren’t exactly comfortable with their ‘natural’ selves.”
“A lot needs to happen to Black people mentally, before we can even begin to talk about how the West, Aid etc. affect our ‘development’.
“The first thing that needs to change is the way we view ourselves. We have to be able to be comfortable and confident when we look in a mirror and see our unadulterated Black self staring back at us.”
Shemsi En Tehuti says:
“You are so right about her hair…and I hope this doesn’t hijack the thread onto that subject…but Europeans/Americans do not take us seriously at all, especially our women, in discussions about integrity, liberation, or any kind of independence when we obviously cling to their standards of “development”, “beauty”, “modernity”, “education”, and so forth.
“We would be so much better if we would just stop giving them our attention and focused on making our homes better in a way most consistent with Afrikan life and our traditional values.”
Another blogger Djtothe says about Dambisa Moyo’s weave:
“Back to this sister. I honestly don’t know how much white people know about Black people. You’re a Black woman, you grew up in a diverse area….you’ve seen wide range of people. You spotted the wig/weave right away.”
“I’m not certain white people have been around enough black people to know what we look like naturally or not. I think outside of her showing up in a blonde wig, that it wouldn’t register with them. White people are notoriously self-centered and oblivious to the rest of the world.”
“I’m not sure if her wearing a weave coincides/contradicts with her talk about “emancipation”..and I’m certain it sends mixed signals to the Black people who follow her public career especially, as you say, BG, that she got a blatantly synthetic looking weave.”
Is RuPaul A Negative Or Positive Image Of The Modern Black Gay Man Or Just A Freak Show?
RuPaul has resurfaced from the dead and he is now back with his MTV LOGO television show “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The ratings for “RuPaul`s Drag Race“ are huge and the show is now into the second season.
However, I admit, I have anxieties about RuPaul, I feel conflicted about him. I understand that RuPaul is an individual, and he has a right to express himself. However, why does RuPaul wear a dress and act like a freak?
Why does a gay black man have to act like a woman in order to obtain mainstream attention?
I just don’t understand the drag culture because I believe it is wrong for a man to dress up as a woman. I know gay people will disagree with my personal opinion.
I believe a man should be a man and not dress like a woman. There is so much negativity in this world about gay men and drag queens just perpetuate the negative stereotypes.
My argument is, the reason “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is so popular is because people like to “laugh at” gay drag queens. The outrageous clothes, high-pitched voices, finger snaps, are part of the “freak show”.
In private, people are saying “look at those faggots they wear women`s clothing and all gay men act like women.“ The problem I have with drag queens is they
are promoting a deleterious message about gay men. Most of the gay men I know, we are masculine men we do not act like women!
I resent the fact there is a paucity of black gay men in pop culture that are not effeminate. Where are the images in pop culture of masculine gay black men? Where are we? We are invisible, it seems only the effeminate gay guys obtain mainstream attention! The question remains why?
I hate Tyra Bank’s show “America’s Next Top Model”! I hate the fact that Jay Alexander and Jay Manuel are representations of gay men of colour in pop culture!
Jay Manuel and Jay Alexander are over the top, they go to the extreme in expressing themselves!
I just feel these effeminate gay guys are presenting negative and distorted images of black gay men. Most black gay men we are not drag queens!
Why are the regular black gay men so invisible? For example, I don’t really understand “drag culture”, because I think it is weird and bizarre.
I don’t understand why a black gay man would want to put on a dress, lipstick, makeup, and high heel shoes? I prefer to wear suits, ties, baseball caps, boxer shorts, and dress appropriately since I am a male.
Where are the black gay men the “ordinary” black gay men in pop culture? I miss the television Noah’s Arc so much because this show was a positive television show about black gay men. The black gay men on Noah’s Arc wore regular clothes and did not conform to this effeminate image of the black gay man.
Has Society Changed Since Spike Lee’s 1991 Interracial Film Jungle Fever?
This explosive movie clip is from Spike Lee’s incendiary 1991 film Jungle Fever. The black women in this scene are very upset that the character Flipper had an affair with his white female secretary. Some black females feel that society devalues and dehumanizes them compared to white women. The women talk about a variety of reasons why black men are not available. One black female character she says black men are gay, drug addicts, incarcerated, or dating white females.
Meanwhile, people should realize that sometimes people marry outside the race for racist reasons. For instance, some black men marry white women because they believe they will have access to white skin privilege by marrying white women.
I have a couple of questions. First, does this scene from Jungle Fever still matter? I am wondering if times have changed? I remember, I was just a kid when Jungle Fever was released this movie was so incendiary.
According to an article from Newsweek magazine, 14% of African-American heterosexual men marry white women.
However, only 4% of African American heterosexual women marry outside of the race. Since black straight men are marrying and looking beyond colour, are black women waiting for nothing? Should black straight women expand their horizons and not just “wait” for the good black man?
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