Dressing While Black: Self-Censoring To Pass In White Spaces

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Dressing While Black: Self-Censoring To Pass In White Spaces
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Whether at work or outside it, Black people face a struggle no one should have to.

” ― they are called Bantu knots and have been around much longer than him. But these styles on Black bodies are deemed inappropriate for school, for work, for ballet, etc. We are called “ghetto” and “distracting” while they get to be “innovative” and “new.”

I definitely muted my appearance during medical school interview season, and will likely do the same when applying to residency. Something I’ve learned in this process is that I do not want to give anyone a reason to tell me no, and that my appearance is an easy out. It’s frustrating, but also reality, especially in conservative spheres like medicine. I’ve made a conscious decision to not appear intimidating or aggressive.

I wish to pursue plastic surgery in the future, and a popular elective augmentation is the Brazilian butt lift . This is a combination of liposuction and fat transfer to the buttock region to simultaneously minimize the waist and enhance the butt. Now, growing up and learning my history, I know that Black women were ridiculed, vilified and victimized for having this body type.

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