Me breaking down featurism so everyone can understand and not be confused asf

Featurism: a thread
We all know what white supremacy is. One of the offspring of this is promoted featurism among nonwhites. The praised features are lighter skin, smaller(slim) noses, thinner lips, smaller foreheads, straight or at least loosely curled hair.
Black women usually have the typical broad nose/thick lips/bigger foreheads because of our race. The only Africans that this conflicts with is North africans(mixed) and horn africans(some say they're mixed too). We also see they're usually elevated over others in the continent.
Black women usually have the typical broad nose/thick lips/bigger foreheads because of our race. The only Africans that this conflicts with is North africans(mixed) and horn africans(some say they're mixed too). We also see they're usually elevated over others in the continent.
Black women usually have the typical broad nose/thick lips/bigger foreheads because of our race. The only Africans that this conflicts with is North africans(mixed) and horn africans(some say they're mixed too). We also see they're usually elevated over others in the continent.
Black women usually have the typical broad nose/thick lips/bigger foreheads because of our race. The only Africans that this conflicts with is North africans(mixed) and horn africans(some say they're mixed too). We also see they're usually elevated over others in the continent.
But this effect of featurism doesn't just take place in african(black) people. It's literally everywhere, ESPECIALLY Asia. The ads they have are sickening. And movies usually have the lightest of the population as main characters while the darkest are portrayed as ugly and poor.
But this effect of featurism doesn't just take place in african(black) people. It's literally everywhere, ESPECIALLY Asia. The ads they have are sickening. And movies usually have the lightest of the population as main characters while the darkest are portrayed as ugly and poor.
But this effect of featurism doesn't just take place in african(black) people. It's literally everywhere, ESPECIALLY Asia. The ads they have are sickening. And movies usually have the lightest of the population as main characters while the darkest are portrayed as ugly and poor.
But this effect of featurism doesn't just take place in african(black) people. It's literally everywhere, ESPECIALLY Asia. The ads they have are sickening. And movies usually have the lightest of the population as main characters while the darkest are portrayed as ugly and poor.
Even with that movie right there, you can clearly see a difference not only in skin tone, but in facial features too. The darkest men have broad noses and big foreheads; the main character has light skin and a smaller nose.
Latin America also has it's own push in featurism with "Mejor la raza": better the race. This is a purposeful push to whiten the next generations features and skin to ultimately achieve whiteness in total. The euro look.
Now does this mean that every time you find a black woman with a slim nose attractive that you are participating in featurism? No that's a reach. But this needs to be addressed since it is a offspring of racism which is a offspring of white supremacy. Let's address everything.
Now does this mean that every time you find a black woman with a slim nose attractive that you are participating in featurism? No that's a reach. But this needs to be addressed since it is a offspring of racism which is a offspring of white supremacy. Let's address everything.
Now does this mean that every time you find a black woman with a slim nose attractive that you are participating in featurism? No that's a reach. But this needs to be addressed since it is a offspring of racism which is a offspring of white supremacy. Let's address everything.
And does that mean that slim noses are inherently European:No. Because even in Europe there are people with big noses, but they aren't like ours. They have a hook in them. Those noses are also a minority for their race just like slim noses are for ours. They are also NOT seen as
The epitome of beauty for their race and continent either unlike horners are.
Why do you think every time somebody go get a nose job they come out with a skinnyass nose? It is literally promoted to everyone, even whites themselves, as one of the standards of beauty. Simply acknowledging featurism exists is not trying to associate everything to whiteness.
Why do you think every time somebody go get a nose job they come out with a skinnyass nose? It is literally promoted to everyone, even whites themselves, as one of the standards of beauty. Simply acknowledging featurism exists is not trying to associate everything to whiteness.
Why do you think every time somebody go get a nose job they come out with a skinnyass nose? It is literally promoted to everyone, even whites themselves, as one of the standards of beauty. Simply acknowledging featurism exists is not trying to associate everything to whiteness.
That's babble and ignorance. It's just acknowledging a problem, though a minor one. It's up to you to do internal work against it for yourself if you have biases. This is not me trying to tell yall what you need to like. I'm simply explaining what featurism is. That's all.
And apparently I have to break something else down too so theres no confusion:
Desirability politics. Desirability politics is basically what an oppressed/unfavored group does to try and appeal physically to the dominant society or those who the society is in favor of. Featurism is what causes the unfavored group to turn to desirability politics.
This is why yall be seeing them black girls on tiktok being thirsty under the basic white boys videos and saying c🦝🦝n babble trying to get them to like them. They have low self esteem and do anything to scratch up some attention and physical likes. Desperation.
Featurism could be one of the leading causes of that plus their own personal reasons for why they dont like themselves(I cant say; I dont know them). So again: Featurism is the cause; desirability politics is an effect. Its pathetic but a valid effect. They are NOT the same.
Anyone have anymore questions let me know I'll explain deeper.
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