Hall of Fame - Kiri Davis

In response to my last post, I wanted to highlight an individual that is bringing attention to society's beauty standards for African-American women.  Kiri Davis has made a short documentary entitled "A Girl Like Me."

This is a great film that discusses light v. dark skin, "good" vs. "bad" hair and the ways in which this impacts African-American women's self-image.  She also repeats the infamous doll test in which African-American children are asked to identify their preferred doll between a White and African-American doll.  About 72% of the children say they prefer the White doll.

I wanted to feature this film because the only way our society is ever going to change beauty norms for women is to have frank conversations about them and the ways that they impact our self-image.  It is also important to recognize that their is not one set of beauty standards for all women but that they do vary between different races.  The example of skin color is a great one.  The standard for White women is to be dark and tan, while the standard for African-American women is to be lighter.  Am I the only one that finds that interesting...  Can't we just be happy and love the way we look.