Sentences with phrase «white standards of beauty»

And Kehinde Wiley's giant painting of a black Judith decapitating a blonde female Holofernes suggests, with a jovial brutality, that Judith would prefer to be done with white standards of beauty.

Not exact matches

This, of course, would have been a nice opportunity to hire a black model, as there aren't many jobs available for non-white models (as Jezebel pointed out, 82 percent of the models at New York Fashion Week this season were white) and some might argue (I would argue) that the lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry promotes a standard of beauty which verges on (slash is) white supremacist.

With the Chinese people's standard of beauty like flawless white skin and just simply being a natural beauty, Chengdu women definitely aced in these sections.

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In reality, lighter - skinned women of color are often depicted as more desirable and more virtuous because they come closer to meeting the culturally dominant white beauty standards.

A simplistic reading of these works might lead one to think that Minter is merely critiquing the beauty and fashion industries, the impossible beauty standards they promote (white, thin, hairless, perfect skin, etc.), and the corresponding products they sell.

The current standard of beauty tends to be shown framing a white face, and even beauty products are marketed with this mindset (go find beauty colour products that are named «nude» or «naked.»