Dear Editor
When I was a child almost every little Black girl had a blonde hair white doll with blue eyes. That eventually changed when the world decided that beauty was not exclusive to one race or colour of people. And every race should embrace their own physical beauty. In almost every Christian home in Guyana, there was an image of a white Jesus with blonde hair and blue eyes. We were conditioned to believe that divinity was exclusive to the white race. In my early twenties I took that picture out of its frame and replaced with one of myself and Farrakhan. My mother was not happy.
I appreciate beautiful women including white women. There are some stunning white women and I am amazed by their beauty.
I have seen women of colour and thought that I was looking at goddesses of beauty. I saw a Nigerian girl in Brixton at a club named Z Bar. I could not find words to describe her beauty. That was twenty years ago and the image of her remains in my head to this day. Guyana has some of the most beautiful Indian, Amerindian and African women you can find anywhere in this world. Same for Jamaica, Trinidad and other Islands in the Caribbean.
The UK has Black women with dreads that make me tremble at their beauty. The natural beauty Black women possess here in the UK is unlike anywhere else in this world.
There is no need to mention the United States. God knows. When I saw the Barbie movie craze, I thought to myself that this generation of Black people are no different to our grandparents. Let us celebrate diversity and its beauty in every form. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind giving Barbie one after a few pints but I am going home with Lyn Whitfield, Angela Bassett or Amanza Walton. Know y’all self Gt people. Barbie tekkin y’all right back to that colonial mindset.
Sincerely,
Norman Browne
Social and Political Activist
