Black People and Nose Job Surgery, an Inferiority Complex or Not?
By redzventures
@redzventures (19)
June 21, 2010 4:45am CST
In this ever more tolerant society, towards cultural and racial differences, is there still the necessity to reduce ones racial appearance to 'fit in'? Having nose job surgery has tended to be the biggest seller amongst African Americans with money because the nose can make the diffence between being instantly recognized as an African or possibly confused as a mediterranean type. Hence, many Black people worldwide, often prefer to make reference to a long gone ancestor that was Chinese or white, almost as an attempt to be viewed as 'less black'.
This is a shame but does it really suggest that there is a deep seated inferiority complex at work, or just a vain drive towards an western accepted standard of beauty?
As you can see from the link below, plastic surgery is a big deal and there are risks involved:
http://www.cliniccompare.co.uk/nose-job-prices
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@riempie9 (1021)
• South Africa
19 Sep 12
Well, finally, a good answer. Less black is very much a thing in S.A. too. People are at pains to describe their father is white and their mother is white and they are not really colored. In SA colored means mixed race. A comedian in Cape Town has a great routine but he is bogged down in trying to explain to all of us that he is not really of the colored culture. It seems like it is a shame to be colored or black. So if someone wants to bleach skin to look white like Jacko or change the shape of their nose I am cool with it. Each one has a right to decide what is right for himm.
