Sasha Sarago: The (de)colonizing of beauty | TED
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Beauty is about more than the body you inhabit -- it's a way of being that goes beyond genetics or societal ideals. Aboriginal writer and former model Sasha Sarago invites you to decolonize beauty, moving away from the monolithic Eurocentric archetype and towards a more essential, authentic understanding of self that belongs to everyone.
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At this point I'm subbed to watch all the hate in the comments from people I disagree with lol.
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@@kebakent I know, right? Previously, TED Talks was only for and about white people.
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@@actionforanimals4862 did you really just suggest science is only for and about white people? That's pretty fuckin' racist. Regards from a mixed race person
I learn more from reading the comments than watching the vid.
There will always be plenty of people who find even Ms Universe ugly but that’s their personal opinion. If people don’t see our beauty, that’s not the end of the world - we are still of great value.
Nobody can stop us from owning our own beauty as her grandmother proved.
It’s important for her to believe in the power and beauty of her people. Why wait for others’ acceptance and validation?
We must raise our daughters to feel proud of much more than just their appearances and value the innumerable other admirable qualities in themselves and others and find happiness in worthy pursuits. Teach them not to care about those who cannot see beyond appearances
How about stop judging yourselves by the standards of a culture that is not your own.
I'm a White guy, and if I were to judge myself by Japanese Male standards?
Glad I'm smart enough to know better.
Remember when you could learn something useful and from a Ted Talk? Now it's just cringe inducing pandering
You know, saying you simply don’t care about these type of issues women go through-it will be less pitiful than you complaining about someone else complaining...
@@anymarcos2355 Do you know what pandering is?
So says the colonizer.
@@actionforanimals4862 Who's a colonizer? How do you know?
@@actionforanimals4862 I'm Ojibwa but thanks
I wonder what she thinks about aesthetic beauty
What’s aesthetic beauty?
You don't have to wonder. She talks about it in this video.
Summed up. Respect comes from self respect. Waiting on the deep indoctrination to change is optimistic. Given how drowned we are in the hypnosis of the day leaves no room to delve into this precious understanding. It’s through living action such as yours that stirs people up as they encounter the strong, powerful you. Beautifully expressed.
Here before they shut down the comments section.
Wow this piece is amazing, finished it off with the connection of self; who you are & where you come from. Deep stuff right there. BEAUTIFUL
I think it's all with perspectives of the people. People do have different opinion about anything and everything in the universe. It's good to know another perspective from this video.
Thank you for sharing the opinions with me.
where can I find transcripts for that?
My mom always nagged me about beauty
Dont eat that or you will get...
But yet bought me junk food
Bought me beautiful dresses but i wasnt allowed to play i would get dirty
I learned by a book to not judge a book by its cover
But I did not really get that until later in life
Because we all do judge by the cover at first
Sometimes theres an acward surprise thats not always a bad thing but how people proceed can be hurtful or not
I get to know people and then can i only know their beauty
Im beautiful when im wearing a dress in the woods getting dirty :)
in my educated OPINION; the separations within humanity further us from understanding an important idea that she discusses. the idea that "beauty" is simply aesthetic, rather than an appreciation of the spiritual and intellectual complexity that we KNOW humans are comprised. separations of identity and cultures, i believe leads us further from accepting and understanding that which we KNOW is true about our own species. as a person of the 21st century, we have a choice, to acknowledge the complexity of our species, and to alter historical definitions due to the simple fact that we KNOW more than we did.
I could share my ideas about this for days, and can only hope that stubbornness, ego, and denial don't continue to slow, what i believe is a natural progression of the knowledge and understanding of who we, as a species, are, and what we could become.
thank you Sasha !!
While I appreciate the intention for inclusivity, words have meaning. We have words for all the laudable traits that the presenter calls "beauty". To call individual qualities like fierceness, leadership, generosity, and the ability to provide "beauty" makes the term beauty meaningless. In order for a word to have meaning, it must be distinct from other words. Speaking from a purely aesthetic perspective, while it is true that global beauty standards have been shaped by European culture, a more empowering message is not that we should redefine beauty to be more accommodating to the physical traits of non-European cultures. The truly empowering message about beauty is that BEAUTY SHOULD NOT MATTER. If women are striving to have parity in this world, and they want to be measured by the power of their minds the strength of their character, THEY must relinquish THEIR fixation with beauty.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
@@jazzyjune5809 Yes this is exactly the problem. If everyone has his own definitions of certain words ect., language doesn't make sense anymore. Communication would become impossible.
This is such a fundamental thing - without it a science (like gender studies and all other sjw related fields) is just a incoherent bunch of personal opinions and total crap. And that is exactly what it is.
Your whiteness is showing.
We actually Need to make beauty inclusive.
I disagree with your second part. Expression of beauty is just as much integral to a positive human experience as is having the right mindset. To suppress or discourage this aspect is to turn your face away from a potentially powerful developmental tool, both individually and collectively. To ignore the aesthetics of physical reality and how they affect society at large, in favour of a rational mindset is being ignorant, ironically. If we do not delineate the boundaries of healthy development and manifestations of beautific expressions of one’s soul, cultural heritage and aesthetic preferences, then the emergence of negative consequences, arising from a lack of education and guidance, is inevitable. Just as the repression of sexuality, and then, the sudden burst of it, without an intermediary of sexual education and exploration had caused problems that could’ve been avoided otherwise, suppressing the drive towards creating beauty through self-expression would actually produce more dull minds and a monotone world, as beauty is a product of one’s subjective realm. It is an affirmation of one’s values, that we can detect on a painting can be traced on the human body, enriching social relations. Yes, I do understand what you implicitly mean by that. And my point is further proven to be correct in conjunction with your complaints that beauty is unnecessarily exalted, but in my opinion, in the wrong direction. People look attractive to gain something, they look attractive on ideas and values that are ephemeral, destructive and ultimately, unfulfilling. Beauty becomes the means towards something, rather than the product of that authentic self. It is a fabrication of an identity.
@@hayd7371 I am not white so try a little harder with your race baiting attempt.
i think i didn't get what she wants to tell me. Maybe someone can explain? I feel like she spoke like it was a poem but also that she wants me to understand something. These two things are hard to combine.
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You are not the center of the world. If you actually had pride about your heritage you could not be hurt by an opinion. The problem with beauty is not in society it is in yourself.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
And EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion and be able to express that opinion.
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summary? i don't have time to watch the video
Nothing to learn
I also blame everybody else for not being beautiful 😢
Did we watch the same video?
where can I get the text of her speech ?
Hi! The transcript for Sasha Sarago's talk can be found here: www.ted.com/talks/sasha_sarago_the_de_colonizing_of_beauty/transcript
The presenter is wearing lipstick, she is wearing eye liner, eye shadow, blush, possibly foundation, a bra that lifts her breasts, a dress that accentuates her slender waist ,and white high heels - all fashion conventions that very much express European sensibilities with regards to beauty. None of these fashion decisions are REMOTELY ABORIGINAL. Yet, she is advocating for us to liberate ourselves from Eurocentric standards of beauty!? This is like an atheist berating Christianity, while wearing a crucifix around his neck.
its basically 11 min of "I'm more special than you". Also for someone who advocate for "(de)colonizing" she sure like her heels.
Straw man fallacy much?
@@joannot6706 Yup, that's basically the whole video.
incredibly well spoken :)
why tho?
At 9:56 she says "Colonisation has stolen from us one of the greatest treasures we can obtain...each other."
I'm tired of the constant victim narrative nowadays.
As a colonized person I feel like it's getting to be a tired trope that is a little pointless.
@@gnostic268 how did someone colonize your person? You mean like bacteria?
Thank you for the time stamp!
This... is a fantastic reason to unsubscribe from the channel.
@@gnostic268 wtf is a colonized person?
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Calling oneself a colonized person is a way to turn things that happened hundreds of years ago into a current mode of oppression. It's a diffusion of responsibility, "I'm not a loser that people dislike, I'm a victim".
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Thank you for sharing these stories 💜👍
This sounds more like a TEDx talk...
I think,one day i speak to TED
Sure find some pseudo-religious woke garbage and they'll invite you
Sadly TED Talks continue to devolve into pseudo-religious woke garbage. Where are the topics that really matter, like sustainable energy production? LFTRs be front-and-center every week. It's time for people to get past the fantasy that solar and wind are going to provide the energy we demand. They can help, but they will never provide the baseline energy that we demand with current or even near future technology.
This is not a mystery to engineers, MIT Georgia Tech. We have all done extensive studies for decades and there is no reasonable debate among the informed.
But instead we get this pseudo-religious woke garbage which helps no one and creates division.
Sad.
@@thebarkingmouse thank you for your kind information.
I am ready to embrace my giguroo
Go woke go broke
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3:28 'oldest living culture in the world'
Is she talking about natives in Australia? If that's the case, I doubt if that's true
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There is a general attack on beauty going on for the last ten years.
10 years! hahahahaha OMG you really said that, didn't you?
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism poo
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Who is the attacker?
@@Miranox2 She literally told you in this video lmao. Wow the white privilege is strong in the comment section.
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At least there were no beauty standards before colonization. At least women were always highly valued as leaders in most cultures throughout history. Why would a European person not use European standards of beauty just as some other group would use theirs. And if those others adopt them because of colonization, then perhaps they've changed their opinion since beauty is just a preference based on culture. So do you live by the standard of ancestors or those of today? And why is one correct and the other not?
"At least there were no beauty standards before colonization" W H A T? 🤣
Of course there were standards of beauty pre colonization. How do you expect that the standards of beauty in each country remain when all other aspects of cultural tradition and way of life were striped away? Beauty standards are pushed on us daily by what we see in media, under representation and a belief that white is right hurts everyone.
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Huh? 😆
I admire this reclamation of beauty standards.
I appreciate that Sasha Sarago has made her lived experience available in such a way.
The use of the word 'colonizing' in this context is literally meaningless.
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how so?
@@hadihassan372 One can't argue a negative. That's like asking: "why doesn't 'apple' mean 'tree'? It just doesn't. If you like, you can make a case that it *is* meaningful, and I will tell you why I disagree.
being "pretty" is Universal it transcends all ethnicities ,however I understood the story she was telling
Pretty and Beauty should never hurt! I wish more people would regard, respect and recognize any beautiful people as a piece of natural art AND more important for the personality and story each one embodies, even if not classically beautiful. The individual beauty of a person is by far more than a pretty face
disappointing. I deem kids fairly immoral so holding a grudge against something one said for 3 decades seems a bit much. You failed to state that aboriginal beauty is looked down upon, which implies either you forgot, or you're using that 1 kid's statement from 3 decades as the representation of the western world's views on aboriginal beauty
(edit: was not a kid but an adult. Edit 2: she did later state aboriginal beauty is looked down upon)
the speech seemed like a bunch of woke disconnected stuff
I watched the video to begin with with hopes that it'll be more interesting than I thought and because I should watch new stuff once a while. On the flip side, listen from 10:46 while assuming that Giguru means "magic", "mana", "ki" or similar
She very clearly, and multiple times, said that it was a woman who told her that. An Adult. Not a child.
@@ForAnAngel my bad then. "adult sister". It changes things barely, even if the gal was likely barely adult
@@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 Also you said that she failed to state that "aboriginal beauty is looked down upon". That's literally what her whole speech is about.
@@ForAnAngel guess I missed that too. It does invalidate what I said. Am glad you were more attentive. I watched it as fast-forwarded
she still seems a bit too fixated on that moment.
do you think she was right about aboriginal looks being looked down upon?
I think that seems likely knowing that humanity has always been at least a little racist, but I wonder how much a problem it is
@@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 It's easy to not notice racism when it's not against your own race. I think instead of getting offended whenever some minority points out racism against them as if them pointing that out is an attack against you, we could try to listen to what they have to say and try to understand things from their point of view. Don't you think the world would be a better place if everyone tried being a little more empathetic?
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Dang! I've never been this early on TED uploads.
Was it worth it?
@@Peter-ob1zd Yes, Sir!
It's so touching 🥺 i extremely love a statement that encouraging people to start their step for what already inside them. Every woman is beautiful with their own characteristics that meant to be embraced. Not to be imitate with another kind of beauty that make them not comfort or not feels align with theirself.
And oh myyy, this woman is looks amazing. I admire the way she carries herself❤️❤️❤️
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"All women are beautiful in their own way" is such an odd mindset and belief. First in that, if true, it only applies to women and second, in that it is hardly ever a concept practiced in reality. The statistics and studies are out, and they all show that how people are treated over all, expressed through opportunities, trust, and mating selection, it shows us categorical that ugly exist.
Being fat and overweight shouldn't be embraced. Being unhealthy should not be praised as beautiful. We lie to them to make them feel good for their disorder. How about we embrace exercise and eating well instead?
@@krninja22Differentiate 'be my self the way I am' with 'be my self and take care of it with improvement that can needed & can help my growth'
Isn't that clear? I thought I shouldn't explain that longer. But i wrong. But ya i get what you mean 😉
@@manniefresh3425 tbh i don't know do you catch the same points or concept from that video like what i catch. 1st in that video, it's speak about woman. 2. I don't care with what society perceive as ugly. That's another topic. what i highlight is, about how every woman should not feel pushed or not accepted with those controversial racial stereotype issue that almost always made by adult people. Whether for political or businessess purpose etc. But ya. I get what you mean.
Nice
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_Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it._ -Confucius
*_Love_* is beautiful because it’s beyond death; hate is ugly because it’s afraid of death.
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ironic .... white ppl not getting her message
Yes Ted's output gets lower and lower.. It used to be great, ruined now..
Sadly TED Talks continue to devolve into pseudo-religious woke garbage. Where are the topics that really matter, like sustainable energy production? LFTRs be front-and-center every week. It's time for people to get past the fantasy that solar and wind are going to provide the energy we demand. They can help, but they will never provide the baseline energy that we demand with current or even near future technology.
This is not a mystery to engineers, MIT Georgia Tech. We have all done extensive studies for decades and there is no reasonable debate among the informed.
But instead we get this pseudo-religious woke garbage which helps no one and creates division.
Sad.
While I agree that there could have been more logical structure and concrete support to the speech, then topic in itself isn’t bad. Just because a topic isn’t relevant to you doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.
@@thebarkingmouse did someone hurt your fragile feelings?
Ted Talks isn't for the KKK anymore.
@@actionforanimals4862 Facts are the kkk? Interesting. Says a lot about you.
How the mighty have fallen. TED's output in recent years has been just plain embarrassing. It's just a desolate landscape in terms of learning and insight. Political pandering, virtue signaling, and the ideas are often as cringeworthy as the ones expressing them. I'm reminded of a library whose shelves have been filled with nothing but bibles. Waste of space, waste of time. A pity.
Well said
@tony dismukes Thanks Tony.
I ventured into recent uploads and saw that several videos had the comments section disabled. Wow. I think it might be just a matter of time until this forum is silenced completely. Who needs discussion anyway. I came here to be lectured at, especially pertaining to my immutable characteristics. I can't wait to feel bad about those!
What would you like to see?
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This was a beautiful talk - a topic that I could read for days
The amount of hate here is saddening.
To paraphrase "stereotypically aboriginal women are seen as ugly" that's a racist idea since it's based on a general notion that’s untrue. Physical attractiveness != Beautiful. Beautiful has many meanings; in English, words can have more than one meaning in context. While it would be nice if everyone found all people attractive, much of attacitivness is tried into lust and reproduction suitability. You can’t just demand other people find you attractive.
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Ted went woke. They suck now.
Were they never not "woke"? I remember them doing talk on normalizing being a peadophile a while ago. Not normalizing getting mental help and being supported to do so, but lowering punishment for the real crimes and making offenders less socially condemned.
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This was good, I too get up in the morning look in the mirror and think "DAMN!, I'm ugly".
As a person of color, this talk was very uplifting.
If TED gets one more balloon-headed model on I swear im gonna...
do nothing and go about my day as intellectualism is shat on by postmodernism.
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Wvhat do aborigines think of White beauty?
I find the concept of beauty very closely associated with racial identity.
its timeless, nothing changes untill the right people rule.
Even if I am against any form of colonization, some things said by Sasha Sarago seem questionable, to me.
Please... enough... with the "dignity" of peoples, cultures, languages!
Dignity, like various other "conceptual scams", is a ballast of which intelligence must be freed.
We are a single animal species and it would really be the moment that this becomes clear for everyone!
But, above all, it is enough with superstitions like that "spirit" that would be contained by things and people!
However, in order to be clear to the many assholes, racists, fascists and bitcoin sellers robots who commented before me, they seem much more questionable than every Sasha Sarago, to me.
Oh "woe is me". Pointless.
Seriously... Why is everyone a "victim" in 2021? Weird brownie points to strive for in life.
No joke, man.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the aboriginal people are most definitely victims.
@@anarwhal6582 Short of obvious human-rights violations, which this lady is NOT taking about, EVERYONE is a victim if they let themselves be.
Because everyone hates you.
@@Winchestro Nice. What do you even mean?
Learn English with me
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JABURO
Yes. You are beautiful. The most beautiful of them all. Feel better now?
Is this sarcastic or
Sadly TED Talks continue to devolve into pseudo-religious woke garbage. Where are the topics that really matter, like sustainable energy production? LFTRs be front-and-center every week. It's time for people to get past the fantasy that solar and wind are going to provide the energy we demand. They can help, but they will never provide the baseline energy that we demand with current or even near future technology.
This is not a mystery to engineers, MIT Georgia Tech. We have all done extensive studies for decades and there is no reasonable debate among the informed.
But instead we get this pseudo-religious woke garbage which helps no one and creates division.
Sad.
I just read the title and I cringe
Unsubscribed!
Props to TED for not shutting down the comments and disabling the L/DL ratio ^^
Interesting take on a oversaturated topic, but looking at the title ... what did people expect? A talk about mayonnaise??
Almost as if there are certain people who just click videos like this one to leave a dislike and retarded comment ...
Exactly. Saying stuff like “what’s this it’s so stupid? I waste my time” Dude you click on the video that says it all in the title to begin with, who is really the stupid one here
I’m so done...
Please translate on Russian language please I don't understand English
You did not miss anything worthwhile.
@@spindoctor6385 I did not understand what you said
@@lil414kov В этом видео нет ничего стоящего
@@spindoctor6385 Okay
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Aboriginal means not original
Ab in Latin is not and obviously original means original.
So actually, you're the original not Ab-original.
so she started hating society because a friend told her a joke and she took it the wrong way? what. when did ted turn into these talks.
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People lost.
It’s not a race.
It’s not about you.
It’s not about, “Which god?”
It’s about THE God.
It’s a simple choice!
She is clearly mixed, she's not solely "aboriginal." Disingenuous nonsense.
Imagine being unable to find knowledge in others' experiences. Shouldn't be too hard for this lot.
That was 11 minutes of nothing.
I was waiting for her to start her racist ramblings about "the white devil" etc, but she didn't really do that.
A decent, dignified talk.
XD
TED talks have gone downhill HARD
Woke hivemind cringe.
Many of the comments are oozing racism ☹️
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If youre beauty or handsome your race does not matter theres no "decolonization" its about symetrics and healty values that are inside our brain who judge that
Abolish the concept of beauty so ugly people don't feel bad.
Without opinion of what beauty is, we have emotionless drones.
@@dawhike there is only one solution.. seperate as groups and stay with in the group or slaughter the other group 😂
First
This is some woke BS.
Cope
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This was beautiful 😍
OMFG! It's difficult to see that much ignorance, hate and racism packed into one short presentation. She should get a Gold Medal in the Victimhood Olympics and a zero score for intellect. Beauty is determined by a many different things in different cultures. One long whine with no redemptive ideas or contribution.
lefty bs
probably the worst TED talk on here
Give them time) They never fail to deliver new "gem")