"The white man hood of America sustains no kindly or respectful feeling for the colored girl; great nature has made her what she is, and the laws of men have made for her a class below the level of other women. The women of other races bask in the clear sunlight of man's chivalry, admiration, and even worship, while the colored woman abides in the shadow of his contempt, mistrust or indifference."
~Fannie Barrier Williams
This is an excerpt from a article I had to read for my African American Studies class. We have been talking about how black women have been viewed throughout history. This particular paragraph stood out to me. What is so funny is that the same things that at one point deemed African American women as being unattractive is now what has deemed us as being attractive. Those big lips, hips,and butts that many white men didn't want and put black women on the bottom of the food chain for, are what is making many white men today want a black women. All of those things about black women being promiscuous was all lies. Those hardworking aspects that made white men but black women in the fields is what they want now. They want black women because they are hardworking and know what it takes to take care of a family and raise kids the right way. It is those qualities that make black women today desirable to many. And a lot of them being white men. So black women are no longer "abides in the shadow of his contempt, mistrust or indifference." Black women are now "bask in the clear sunlight of man's chivalry, admiration, and even worship."
~~~~A Phenomenal Black Woman
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