It's IBARW!!! Misconceptions about eyelid surgeries

[apis_cerana]

And I didn't really know what to blog about at first, since I'm constantly throwing out random thoughts about race without ever really focusing on it...but then I saw this Youtube video

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It's a short, very interesting documentary about eyelid surgery

Comments

[myrrhmade]

Ugh, especially after my spectacular fail at sf_d, I hope I'm not a white knight. =[
As a side note, my best friend's Korean and she thought about it too. I think she's gorgeous no matter what she does, but the choice is hers and I would never judge that.

[basepair]

White knights are white people who still want to make choices for POCs. For example:

"Asian women shouldn't get the double eyelid surgery."
"Black women shouldn't perm their hair!"

Whereas a white ally would recognize the validity of all potential choices made by POCs:
"It's unfair that society punishes black women who don't perm their hair."
"There are many complex reasons why Asian women are encouraged to have double eyelid surgery, and while I personally am opposed to any superfluous surgeries, and would like to live in a world where natural beauty is celebrated, I do not represent every Asian woman on the planet and cannot make her decisions for her."

[apis_cerana]

Exactly this :3 very well said!

[basepair]

Thank you! Perhaps I should write a book for my fellow white people about how to be a white ally. So Some Kid Called You a Cracker in 2nd Grade could be the title.

[idunn]

[emilytheslayer]

That's a stunningly simple explanation of the term, thanks! I've looked it up before but seeing it simplified and laid out like that is just lovely.

[basepair]

Happy to help!

[myrrhmade]

Ahh, I see. Thank you, that was beautifully put. I would never try to make choices or tell ANYONE what they "should" or "shouldn't" do. Not just POC, but everyone. That shit is just dumb.