Decolonizing The Inevitable Hate of Self by Black Women

• In Event: Undergraduate Research Caucus - Decolonizing the Body Through Women-of-Color Community-Based Participatory Research

Abstract

In this paper I explore and define how the process of self-hatred is planted into the minds of young Black women through media messages of what is beautiful and what is not. I further explore the legacy of slavery on the Black mind and how white supremacy plants a sickness in the minds of Black women. "Passageways" by Colin Palmer serves as an anchor text for this thesis. . My paper will show how the legacy of slavery for Black women affects one psychologically, physically and sexually.

Presenter

• Ashley Shorten, Metropolitan State University of Denver