Betrayal Feminism By Findlen: Article Analysis

In the article “Betrayal Feminism”, the author stated, “Another major obstacle among feminists of my generation is how black women are still expected to fit white women standards to beauty and how little white women acknowledge or understand this. while white women are also held to unreasonable beauty standards, it is frustrating how often many women try to skirt around the reality that racism adds another potent strain to the standards of beauty that black women are held to”( Findlen, page 258). The authors talks about how black women do not fit in when it comes to the beauty of white women. It is frustrating how there is division between how all women should look like. Black women do not need to be in the same category as white women. Black
women are born with natural features. For instance, big natural hair, lips and body shape. These standards causes other women to have low self-esteem. The way that society portrays black women affects how people like me see ourselves. This makes a me feel insecure because I do not meet the standards of others. It seems like no matter how beautiful black women are, it feels like we do not exist.