Discussion”Black women, Beauty, and Hair”
This should be a full page, single-spaced, with the “Black women, Beauty, and Hair” article comprising at least one-quarter to one-half of that page.
1. Before you start the assignment, be sure you’ve read the lecture notes on Beauty norms and race as well as well as at least skim the article White Privilege and Male Privilege by Peggy McIntosh if you are unfamiliar with this piece (Google it). You don’t need to write about this article, but it will provide background/context if you are unfamiliar with the concept of White privilege.
2. Watch the Beyonce Formation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ . There are also “cleaner” versions of the video that you can Google.
3. Do an IN-DEPTH analysis of the video (images and song lyrics). Watch it a few times. As always, use your own words. YOUR voice is important here. Feel free to provide your opinions here as well. The focus here is hair, White hegemony, beauty norms, the intersection of race and gender.
4. Connect your analysis of the Beyonce video with the article “Black Women, Beauty, and Hair…” from your syllabus/link and the lecture notes posted on hegemonic beauty standards (Content). You need an IN-DEPTH discussion of that article–at least of the highlighted portions (if you don’t see the highlighted portion, it means you have to look at the PDF)– as well so that your analysis of the Beyonce video is properly contextualized. Again, feel free to express your opinions. Be sure to mention the name of the reading when you are discussing it or else you will not get credit for it.
