Comments on: Buffie the Body: Post Modern Deconstructions of Black Female Physiognomy and Euro-Colonial Dehumanization in the Hip Hop Aesthetic http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/buffie-the-body-post-modern-deconstructions-of-black-female-physiognomy-and-euro-colonial-dehumanization-in-the-hip-hop-aesthetic/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tony http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/buffie-the-body-post-modern-deconstructions-of-black-female-physiognomy-and-euro-colonial-dehumanization-in-the-hip-hop-aesthetic/#comment-286 Tony Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:52:32 +0000 http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-286 I remember seeing a PBS special about Saartjie Baartman I want to say in like the mid or late 80s. I'm glad free thinkers like you are around to connect the dots for us. Still I am a little torn about this. I love the black form. But I do so see the emphasis of this form not for beauty's sake, but more for dehumanizing the owners of these attributes. Is there a medium we can reach where we praise our uniqueness but not cause a backlash that brings on self hate and loathing? I remember seeing a PBS special about Saartjie Baartman I want to say in like the mid or late 80s. I’m glad free thinkers like you are around to connect the dots for us.

Still I am a little torn about this. I love the black form. But I do so see the emphasis of this form not for beauty’s sake, but more for dehumanizing the owners of these attributes. Is there a medium we can reach where we praise our uniqueness but not cause a backlash that brings on self hate and loathing?

]]> By: Jennifer http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/buffie-the-body-post-modern-deconstructions-of-black-female-physiognomy-and-euro-colonial-dehumanization-in-the-hip-hop-aesthetic/#comment-285 Jennifer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:44:25 +0000 http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-285 Saarjte Baartman's story is not a well known story. Thank you for sharing here on your blog. Just for the fact that when she passed away and her body parts were put on display for decades but she was never given a proper burial? Information on the return of Baartman's body to South Africa: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1971103.stm Gives you the idea of how some people value women of African descent. Young black females should know they are sacred individuals just like anyone else. Dr. Lisa Farrington will be giving a discussion on these images this Friday, March 28 2008 at Spelman College http://www.spelman.edu/about_us/cosby/cosbychair_events.shtml Saarjte Baartman’s story is not a well known story. Thank you for sharing here on your blog. Just for the fact that when she passed away and her body parts were put on display for decades but she was never given a proper burial? Information on the return of Baartman’s body to South Africa: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1971103.stm

Gives you the idea of how some people value women of African descent.

Young black females should know they are sacred individuals just like anyone else.

Dr. Lisa Farrington will be giving a discussion on these images this Friday, March 28 2008 at Spelman College
http://www.spelman.edu/about_us/cosby/cosbychair_events.shtml

]]> By: darrenkeith http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/buffie-the-body-post-modern-deconstructions-of-black-female-physiognomy-and-euro-colonial-dehumanization-in-the-hip-hop-aesthetic/#comment-284 darrenkeith Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:54:30 +0000 http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-284 thank you so much for posting this information. It's really sad that many sisters are looked upon this way but at the same time we have to continue to educate our young ladies and let them know that even though they have it rough in corporate America it's not worth exploiting your body to be degraded by society. thank you so much for posting this information. It’s really sad that many sisters are looked upon this way but at the same time we have to continue to educate our young ladies and let them know that even though they have it rough in corporate America it’s not worth exploiting your body to be degraded by society.

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