Tyga & Kylie Do Date Night In L.A.

Meanwhile...

After schooling Kylie (and others) on cultural appropriation, Amandla hopped on her own Instagram account last night to address, in depth, the double standard of white women stealing features of black women, where they get worshipped praised for the same features black women are shamed over
. She posted:

Black features are beautiful. Black women are not. White women are paragons of virtue and desire. Black women are objects of fetishism and brutality.
This, at least, seems to be the mentality surrounding black femininity and beauty in a society built upon eurocentric beauty standards. While white women are praised for altering their bodies, plumping their lips, and tanning their skin, black women are shamed although the same features exist on them naturally.
This double standard is one string in the netting that surrounds black female sexuality – a web that entraps black women when they claim sexual agency. Deeply ingrained into culture is the notion that black female bodies, at the intersect of oppression, are less than human and therefore unattractive. They are symbols of pain, trauma, and degradation. Often when they are sexualized, it is from a place of racial fetishism.
The stigmas surrounding it are embedded in American infrastructure and psyche as evidenced by the ways black women are sexually assualted and treated by police - an act that goes frequently unreported by the media. When the media is not ignoring black women altogether, they are disparaging them.
As culture shifts and racial tensions are tested through the vehicle of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, it’s important to question:
Do female black lives matter too?

PREACH!
Your thoughts?
Speaking of Kylie....


The teenage reality star and her rumored boyfriend Tyga hit up a sushi spot for dinner in L.A. last night. She doesn’t seem bothered…
Photos: Splash/BRAVO/INF/Amandla's IG