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Day: July 13, 2011

Pedestals, prisons and the power of pigmentation?

Couldn’t help juxtaposing these two views of Southern women:

— Why are belles disproportionately blonde?

— Why are black women in North Carolina prisons disproportionately dark-skinned?

 

Author Lew PowellPosted on July 13, 2011Categories History, Tar HeeliaTags black women in prison, blondes, racial imagery, southern bellesLeave a comment on Pedestals, prisons and the power of pigmentation?
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