Pretty Hurts powerfully addresses the harmful impact of beauty standards, particularly those shaped by colonialism and the Eurocentric ideals that have dominated global culture. "It's time to decolonise beauty" is a call to challenge these historically rooted standards that often marginalize non-Western features, body types, and cultural expressions. Colonialism not only imposed its political and economic control over vast parts of the world but also extended its influence into the realm of aesthetics, dictating what was considered beautiful and acceptable. In this context, decolonizing beauty means rejecting the narrow definitions imposed by colonial histories and embracing a more inclusive, diverse understanding of beauty that honors all cultures, bodies, and identities. This shift can help dismantle the toxic ideals that have perpetuated issues like body image struggles, colorism, and cultural erasure, and encourage a more holistic, empowering approach to self-acceptance and celebration of diversity.
Why don’t you pay respects to the White man’s science, medicine, technology that have improved and lengthened your life (and all of your relatives) and every aspect of it. Why can’t you say a simple “thanks”?
Have you ever thanked West Asians for algebra and complex math? Have you ever thanked African Americans for creating the technological innovations and calculations to get humanity in orbit and then to the moon for the first time? Have you ever thanked Native Americans for discovering medicines that have cured and treated many of the worst diseases humanity has faced? Why are white contributions the only ones that deserve recognition?
If you live in Predominately white nation you have or deal with white beauty standards. Whites wouldn’t expect to move to Japan, Nigeria or Columbia and expect those nations to change their beauty standards.
But yet in some nations that aren't colonised by westerners white beauty standards are thriving there. I know in Korea and India bleaching products for skin are heavily promoted because anyone darker is considered undesirable, if you aren't skinny or don't have a smaller nose still the same thing, white peoples definition of beauty has seeped into a lot of the world and which she is saying we need to decolonise the idea of what beauty is.
@@travisking2341 Absolutely and even plastic surgery to "westernize" features. "Whites" move and pervade many cultures and hold up their ideals as the standard of beauty. This was a great talk thank you Sasha for your powerful words.
Thank you for this speech! You are so right! ❤❤❤❤
Pretty Hurts powerfully addresses the harmful impact of beauty standards, particularly those shaped by colonialism and the Eurocentric ideals that have dominated global culture. "It's time to decolonise beauty" is a call to challenge these historically rooted standards that often marginalize non-Western features, body types, and cultural expressions. Colonialism not only imposed its political and economic control over vast parts of the world but also extended its influence into the realm of aesthetics, dictating what was considered beautiful and acceptable. In this context, decolonizing beauty means rejecting the narrow definitions imposed by colonial histories and embracing a more inclusive, diverse understanding of beauty that honors all cultures, bodies, and identities. This shift can help dismantle the toxic ideals that have perpetuated issues like body image struggles, colorism, and cultural erasure, and encourage a more holistic, empowering approach to self-acceptance and celebration of diversity.
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beautiful piece.
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Why don’t you pay respects to the White man’s science, medicine, technology that have improved and lengthened your life (and all of your relatives) and every aspect of it. Why can’t you say a simple “thanks”?
Have you ever thanked West Asians for algebra and complex math? Have you ever thanked African Americans for creating the technological innovations and calculations to get humanity in orbit and then to the moon for the first time? Have you ever thanked Native Americans for discovering medicines that have cured and treated many of the worst diseases humanity has faced?
Why are white contributions the only ones that deserve recognition?
If you live in Predominately white nation you have or deal with white beauty standards. Whites wouldn’t expect to move to Japan, Nigeria or Columbia and expect those nations to change their beauty standards.
But yet in some nations that aren't colonised by westerners white beauty standards are thriving there. I know in Korea and India bleaching products for skin are heavily promoted because anyone darker is considered undesirable, if you aren't skinny or don't have a smaller nose still the same thing, white peoples definition of beauty has seeped into a lot of the world and which she is saying we need to decolonise the idea of what beauty is.
@@travisking2341 Absolutely and even plastic surgery to "westernize" features. "Whites" move and pervade many cultures and hold up their ideals as the standard of beauty. This was a great talk thank you Sasha for your powerful words.
There's a lot of representation of white beauty standards in media, cinematography especially.