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Let's take a moment to notice an instance of how literally anti-Black this country is... (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2019 OP
Hey Mr S - blm Sep 2019 #1
If they had switched outfits... MrScorpio Sep 2019 #2
Quite probable as I don't know this fashion critic. blm Sep 2019 #4
And that Taylor Swift coat-of-many-colors outfit is great? Come on. It's loud and garish. brush Sep 2019 #7
It's colorful. Not my thing. But, my point blm Sep 2019 #8
I agree that there's a lot of prejudice in the US, no matter how you want to abqtommy Sep 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Sep 2019 #10
Wrong time. Wrong place. Sorry about that. Iggo Sep 2019 #11
If Megan Thee came dressed up as Tina Snow... Anon-C Sep 2019 #5
I met a black woman on Twitter and through WhiteTara Sep 2019 #6
Wow. Iggo Sep 2019 #9

blm

(112,919 posts)
1. Hey Mr S -
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 09:21 AM
Sep 2019

Coming from a music biz background, and an attendee of these events for many years, I see these looks from another angle. IMO, the concept of the look is the same, but, execution by the designer and use of material is completely different. I see studs on leather and the overflowing bra cup as being a dated look. It never looked good to me in the 80s when it was popular and still doesn’t.

But, I do agree with the general point.

blm

(112,919 posts)
4. Quite probable as I don't know this fashion critic.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 09:27 AM
Sep 2019

But, in my personal view.....studded leather...on ANYONE...eeewwww.

brush

(53,467 posts)
7. And that Taylor Swift coat-of-many-colors outfit is great? Come on. It's loud and garish.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 10:59 AM
Sep 2019

Since you're commenting, comment on that.

blm

(112,919 posts)
8. It's colorful. Not my thing. But, my point
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 05:54 PM
Sep 2019

is that studded leather has never looked good, even when it was popular in the 80s. I didn’t like it when Judas Priest wore it, either. 😁

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. I agree that there's a lot of prejudice in the US, no matter how you want to
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 09:24 AM
Sep 2019

separate people. But that generalization doesn't apply to me, I'm happy to say. I appreciate beauty in all the forms that Nature has provided. That means I don't mind seeing skin of any color or gender and wonder why this op isn't about real problems... (as I define them)

Response to abqtommy (Reply #3)

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
6. I met a black woman on Twitter and through
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 09:59 AM
Sep 2019

her eyes, I see a whole different world. I can't say we are friends but I respect her very much and she teaches me through her experiences. I do meditate on how I can make changes and a difference in this world. Really, how in my daily life can I move this needle? I call her saintly because she doesn't kill some white person every single day. I probably would, but then I can have those thoughts freely because my whiteness protects me and would damn her.

I always knew that my white skin had privilege to move through without being seen; but I didn't realize the cost of black skin until we started sharing posts. I've been called terrible names, but never did I have to really fear being killed while being called those names, just for starters.

I wish there were more honest conversations and that white people didn't fall apart when they are shown how banal and every day evil can be. In Buddhism, the one who loses the argument/debate is actually the winner because they learn something.

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