Bleach, Nip, Tuck : The White Beauty Myth !

[nebsen]

blackincairo.blogspot.com/search/label/race

I posted the other day, concerning the looting of the Cairo Museum, a blog called Black In Cairo. In that blog I found one of the most truth telling video's about Race & Globalization, titled Bleach Nip Tuck: The white Beauty Myth. It is a UK production that is very truthful about Race & Globalization by using Michael Jackson & his transformation from a Black man into White as the modern archetypical figure for this phenomenon. To view this video you have too scroll down & it is under the article" The Color Complex In Cairo". which is a very good article, along with others on this page. I'm sure most will find this video excellent & eye opening !

[truthteacher2007]

Thanks for sharing the blog. It was very disturbing, but very enlightening at the same time. there has been much wrangling about the negative opinions held by many Modern Egyptians with regards to color and race, this video though shows that rather than being hostile outsiders, they are part of the post colonial community of people of color and still very much a part of the African diasporan community.

The negative attitudes encountered in Egypt are no different than those that exist within our own communities. I think the saddest part though is seeing how much people go along with these ideas and how deeply we've internalized these negative messages about ourselves to the point where we feel WE have to change rather than finding fault in these notions themselves, very sad indeed. What are other people's thoughts?

[nebsen]

Truthteacher,
I too found this video very sad for all the internal negative messaging that the folks in this video have digested . I wonder if their is something about living in the UK that makes people of color go to these extremes . I know their are people in the states that have internalized racism as well,but their is a strong counter narrative, such as the Civil Rights Movement & the Black awareness that took root in the 50's & 60's.

One thing I'm sure about is that they would have never produced such an unflinching documentary here in the states !

I some what disagree with your statement "The negative attitudes encountered in Egypt are know difference than those that exist within our own communities".

I think that they might appear to seem the same on the surface, but the historical roots are somewhat different & the means to remedy has been very different .

This video is only part one of a two part series. If you would like to see the rest, google the title & you should be able to locate the whole series

[Dawn2Earth]

Feb 4, 2011 13:43:26 GMT -5 truthteacher2007 said:

Thanks for sharing the blog. It was very disturbing, but very enlightening at the same time. there has been much wrangling about the negative opinions held by many Modern Egyptians with regards to color and race, this video though shows that rather than being hostile outsiders, they are part of the post colonial community of people of color and still very much a part of the African diasporan community.

The negative attitudes encountered in Egypt are no different than those that exist within our own communities. I think the saddest part though is seeing how much people go along with these ideas and how deeply we've internalized these negative messages about ourselves to the point where we feel WE have to change rather than finding fault in these notions themselves, very sad indeed. What are other people's thoughts?

Trust me, in youth, i see that when this BS fades away, alot of times it's without impetus. The difference is they didn't get it handed down to them by those older than they.

It only spreads because it's repeated by imperfect people in many of whom are in imperfect situations.

[nebsen]

Just re-read & viewed again this post. It is still compelling as it was when i first posted it !