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-	'''Black is beautiful''' is a [[cultural movement]] that began in the [[United States of America]] in the 1960s by [[African American]]s. It later spread to much of the black world, most prominently in the writings of the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] of [[Steve Biko]] in [[South Africa]].	+	'''Black is beautiful''' is a [[cultural movement]] that was started in the United States in the 1960s by [[African American]]s. It later spread beyond the United States, most prominently in the writings of the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] of [[Steve Biko]] in [[South Africa]]. Black is beautiful got its roots from the ''{{wiktfr|Négritude}}'' movement of the 1930s. Negritude argued for the importance of a Pan-African racial identity among people of African descent worldwide.
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		+	It aims to dispel the racist notion that [[black people]]'s natural features such as skin color, facial features and hair are inherently [[Ugliness|ugly]].<ref>[http://www.bucks.edu/~docarmos/BCMnotes.html Some notes on the BLACK CULTURAL MOVEMENT] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220045250/http://www.bucks.edu/~docarmos/BCMnotes.html |date=December 20, 2007 }}</ref> [[John Rock (abolitionist)|John Rock]] was long thought to be the first person to coin the phrase "black is beautiful" — during a speech in 1858—but historical records indicate that he never actually used the specific phrase on that day.<ref>''The Journal of Negro History'', [[Association for the Study of Negro Life and History]],Vol.54,No. 4 (Oct., 1969)pp. 405–406</ref> The movement also encouraged men and women to stop trying to eliminate African-identified traits by [[straightening their hair]] and attempting to [[Skin whitening|lighten or bleach their skin]].<ref>[http://www.rastafarispeaks.com/cgi-bin/forum/config.pl?noframes;read=79921 Jamaica Says Black Is Beautiful]</ref> Bill Allen, a freelance writer for advertising agencies, claimed he coined the phrase in the 1950s.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-07-8904100440-story.html</ref>
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		+	This movement began in an effort to counteract the racist notion in [[American culture]] that features typical of Blacks were less attractive or desirable than those of Whites. Research indicates that the idea of blackness being ugly is highly damaging to the psyche of African Americans, manifesting itself as [[internalized racism]].<ref>[http://www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de/genderealisations/weedon.html Key Issues in Postcolonial Feminism: A Western Perspective] by Chris Weedon, Cardiff University <blockquote>In her novel ''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970), [[Toni Morrison]] depicts the effects of the legacy of 19th century racism for poor black people in the United States. The novel tells of how the daughter of a poor black family, Pecola Breedlove, internalizes white standards of beauty to the point where she goes mad. Her fervent wish for blue eyes comes to stand for her wish to escape the poor, unloving, racist environment in which she lives.</blockquote></ref> This idea made its way into black communities themselves<ref>''"Black is Beautiful" and the Color Preferences of Afro-American Youth'' – Claud Anderson, Rue L. Cromwell, ''The Journal of Negro Education'', Vol. 46, No. 1 (Winter, 1977), pp. 76–88 {{doi|10.2307/2966874}}</ref> and led to practices such as [[Paper Bag Party|paper bag parties]]: social events which discriminated against dark-skinned African-Americans by only admitting lighter-skinned individuals.
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		+	* [[Natural hair movement]]
	* [[Afro]]		* [[Afro]]
	* [[Black pride]]		* [[Black pride]]
	* [[Black nationalism]]		* [[Black nationalism]]
-	* [[Blackness (African-American subculture)]]	+	* [[African American culture]]
	* [[Cool (aesthetic)]]		* [[Cool (aesthetic)]]
	* [[Cornrows]]		* [[Cornrows]]
	* [[Dreadlocks]]		* [[Dreadlocks]]
-	* [[Jewcy]]
	* [[Natural hair]]		* [[Natural hair]]
-	* "[[Non Angli, sed Angeli]]"	+	*''[[Negro É Lindo]]''
	* [[Racial transformation]]		* [[Racial transformation]]
-	* [[John Rock (Abolitionist)|John Rock]]	+	* [[John_Rock_(abolitionist)|John Rock]]
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Black is beautiful is a cultural movement that was started in the United States in the 1960s by African Americans. It later spread beyond the United States, most prominently in the writings of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve Biko in South Africa. Black is beautiful got its roots from the Template:Wiktfr movement of the 1930s. Negritude argued for the importance of a Pan-African racial identity among people of African descent worldwide.

It aims to dispel the racist notion that black people's natural features such as skin color, facial features and hair are inherently ugly.<ref>Some notes on the BLACK CULTURAL MOVEMENT Template:Webarchive</ref> John Rock was long thought to be the first person to coin the phrase "black is beautiful" — during a speech in 1858—but historical records indicate that he never actually used the specific phrase on that day.<ref>The Journal of Negro History, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,Vol.54,No. 4 (Oct., 1969)pp. 405–406</ref> The movement also encouraged men and women to stop trying to eliminate African-identified traits by straightening their hair and attempting to lighten or bleach their skin.<ref>Jamaica Says Black Is Beautiful</ref> Bill Allen, a freelance writer for advertising agencies, claimed he coined the phrase in the 1950s.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-07-8904100440-story.html</ref>

This movement began in an effort to counteract the racist notion in American culture that features typical of Blacks were less attractive or desirable than those of Whites. Research indicates that the idea of blackness being ugly is highly damaging to the psyche of African Americans, manifesting itself as internalized racism.<ref>Key Issues in Postcolonial Feminism: A Western Perspective by Chris Weedon, Cardiff University

In her novel The Bluest Eye (1970), Toni Morrison depicts the effects of the legacy of 19th century racism for poor black people in the United States. The novel tells of how the daughter of a poor black family, Pecola Breedlove, internalizes white standards of beauty to the point where she goes mad. Her fervent wish for blue eyes comes to stand for her wish to escape the poor, unloving, racist environment in which she lives.

</ref> This idea made its way into black communities themselves<ref>"Black is Beautiful" and the Color Preferences of Afro-American Youth – Claud Anderson, Rue L. Cromwell, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Winter, 1977), pp. 76–88 Template:Doi</ref> and led to practices such as paper bag parties: social events which discriminated against dark-skinned African-Americans by only admitting lighter-skinned individuals.

See also

• Natural hair movement
• Afro
• Black pride
• Black nationalism
• African American culture
• Cool (aesthetic)
• Cornrows
• Dreadlocks
• Natural hair
• Negro É Lindo
• Racial transformation
• John Rock