Richard O. Jones

As in the "Doll Test" of 50s, all of the Black children felt positive about the white doll and negative about the Black one, which meant that they felt inferior about being Black. The children in the test in the 1950s were about 80 years removed from slavery and still felt inferior about being Black but what worse is that fifty years later Black children still feel the same way. ("A Girl Like Me" can be viewed online on You Tube.) There were also four teenage Black girls on a separate segment of the video speaking of their lack of good self-esteem about their hair and/or being dark skinned. An Asian woman spoke about eye surgeries being prevalent among Asians to widen their slanted eyes into oval-shaped eyes to look more American.

On Tyra Banks' Show the following day a panel of four women, African American, Latina, White, and Asian spoke about the physical features indicative to their race that they were insecure about.  The Asian woman, who had blonde hair, elaborated on the fact that many Asian women dye their hair blonde to look less Asian. The dark skinned, brunette Latina explained dark skinned Mexicans are cruelly discriminated against because being dark skinned is negative in Mexico. The Black woman spoke of flat noses inferiority in the Black community, and the white woman spoke of the stigma of having a flat butt.  My personal research revealed that White women get the most breasts and buttocks implants; however, they suffer anorexia most often. Mexicans, Arabs and other dark skin races worldwide often use skin-lightening creams and dye their naturally Black hair to blonde in order to appear Caucasian. Consequently, millions of people are slaves to the American standard of beauty, not to mention the love affair most Black women have with hair weaves, perms, and hot combs.

As a result multi-billions are spend annually on inferiority driven plastic surgeries. Based on my research while writing my book, "Natural the Beautiful ‘N' Word: Breaking the Psychological Bondage of the American Standards of Beauty," (ISBN 0-595-42895-9) I realized the TV hostesses were only reporting a sliver of the problem. Therefore I am offering the manuscript of my self-published book by email FREE to anyone in a professional position to share the knowledge. You may view the book on www.amazon.com, or www.bn.com , or www.iuniverse.com . Natural is truly the beautiful ‘N' word.

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