Shamika’s critique of media’s representation of Black girls bodies was impressive. Why do they put big Black girls in videos? Good question. The fixation with Black women’s bodies, which have been increasingly used as ornaments for rappers and petite pop singers alike, has become the latest commercial iteration of objectifying Black women’s bodies. Videos tell a story. They also reflect fantasy, which most often reduces Black femininity to the size of her backside—and how fast or forcefully she can make it gyrate. We continued to talk about this objectification in the context of schools’
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