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Are black women ever going to get past being preached to about a lack of self esteem being what motivates them to adopt European standards of appearance? This has been going on for over 50 years dating back to the “black is beautiful” movement of the 60s. Inasmuch as critics are still carping about this issue, it would seem their scoldings are having little impact. So maybe we should look at the situation with a new set of eyes. Consider that, as descendants of slaves and members of a hybrid breed who have assimilated enough into the mainstream of this country to represent their personal version of what is considered fashionable and attractive, black woman are entitled to do what all other women do. Be in style. How detrimental is this? "Vanity, thy name is woman." Maybe judgmental black men should stop wearing Armani, and Hugo Boss and Ralph Lauren, and Men's Warehouse merchandise. Stop dousing themselves with cologne and playing golf. After all, these are trappings associated with the white western male. Perhaps brothas should think about going barefoot as opposed to sporting exorbitantly priced athletic shoes made in sweat shops. Stop buying white-manufactured expensive rides that apparently elevate their self esteem when seen cruising around with white Beckys in the passenger seat - yet another self-esteem booster. Self-indulgent African American men have to be among the most European-influenced people around, yet black sistas have been singled out to tow the line and expected to generate an undying love for their hard-to-tame hair - in order to elevate their self esteem. What a monumental effect doing so will have on combating racism. It would be more constructive to reprimand black females for having more out-of-wed lock children than they can properly raise, a result of oversexed black bucks indulging their innate promiscuity... and speaking of polygamy, what is the proof that a "variety is the spice of life" attitude about women is more natural to blacks than other "races". Were black playas in the slave quarters worse than their horny white masters ravishing black women? Was "jumpin' the broom" just something to do while eye-ballin another nubile Nubian at the ceremony? What a brutish bunch black men would seem to be, and how proud some are of what they associate with male sexual prowess, while smugly relegating white men to the ranks of wimpy cold fish - choosing to ignore the lusty legions of them who raped the world.