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I recall a big fuss coming from Blacks, themselves, when a few years back a famous Black celebrity dyed her hair blond. They said it was self-loathing and all that crap. As if she were denying her race to go blond.
Wow I recently got two pairs of fashion contact lenses (blue and green) for fun, because I saw one of my co-workers wearing a pair. I didn't know they were so controversial! Someone I know basically accused me of being self-hating and accomodating a "Euro-centric society". This person, as well as myself, works for a company whose image is typically associated with the blond-haired, blue-eyed sort of female, but I didn't enter that territory. So I googled it and there are all these sites in which people are accusing black women with weaves and colored contacts with being self-hating or ashamed of their "blackness".
Here is a picture of me wearing blue contacts:
In my profile photo I'm wearing green ones.
I see it essentially as wearing a different colored dress or changing up your shoes. I don't wish to be white or anything. I don't see how changing up your eye color is a racial issue? But I think it's the kind of people who assume what they will regardless of evidence to the contrary.
I don't see anything wrong with changing one's looks. This knows no racial or ethnic boundaries.
Also, you are attractive and seemingly intelligent and well-adjusted, but posting this could be seen as a need for validation, approval or whatever, therefore disingenious to some. However, I sense that you are confident and do not require validation or approval but there will always be some who will project regardless of evidence, as you noted.
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I think blonde hair looks beautiful on black women (not bleached-out white, but like Beyonce's-honey blond).
I've heard people of all races say colored contacts were a "Don't" but I love mine. It's a change of pace, like changing your hairstyle.
Colored contacts are considered a fashion accessory among women of all races, so anyone who turns it into some race-related issue, has issues of their own.
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lmaoooo thats what i was sayin and i wasn't fuming i just hate when white people make comments like that it usually to be rude
My sister used to do weaves/extensions and in all those years I never heard one White say anything negative about it, about either Blacks or Whites or anyone else for that matter. The only time I heard anything said was when Blacks were bashing other Blacks for it. Sometimes it was for straightening or relaxing, sometimes for weaves but usually it was for going blond. We'd just look at each other like Mmkay.
ETA: Forgot to say, never heard anyone say anything bad about colored contacts.
I can't see the colored contacts from here. I think i'm just distracted though.
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But I think it's the kind of people who assume what they will regardless of evidence to the contrary.
