As a young black girl growing, hearing things like that really hurt me. I heard from every outlet possible; the media, family members, and peers. It seemed that having a big nose automatically correlated to being ugly.
My brother teased me for it as I teased him about his darker skin. As a child, it had been programmed into our minds that black features were ugly traits. I remember it being really bad for my younger sister when she refused to play with the black barbies because "the black ones were ugly".
Hearing my father say, "you'd be really pretty had you not had your morher's nose" devastated me.
This post above touched a place in my soul because I did truly hate my nose. Someone taught me to hate my broad nose, my curly hair, and my full figure. Someone taught me to hate myself for outwardly having black features and I don't hate them for that. Because now, I am at a time in my life where you can't tell me that broad nose makes me ugly or that gap henders my beauty.
I'm a black woman and beauty was made from me.
You're nose complements your face nicely. It's adorable :D Not that my opinion matters. Telling someone they're gorgeous never hurt anyone, though.
ReplyDeleteOh noo.. wrong "Your" at the beginning. DX
DeleteYou're beautiful! dont let anyone tell you otherwise! I have a big ol nose too, its not a cute lil button nose, but I still think i'm pretty good looking. It doesnt mean that you're ugly at all! It makes you unique, because if everyone had the exact same way of looking, life would be boring.
ReplyDeleteYou're beautiful. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI like the nose sexy looking to me
ReplyDeleteThere is more than one beauty and this world needs to start seeing that. Your nose is very beautiful and if someone says other wise then they are being brainwashed by Eurocentric beauty standards
ReplyDeleteThx your post made me confident in my nose i'm in middle school and everyone calls my nose ugly saying your nose is so big ur ugly but this made me gain comfidence thx
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