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Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself (As A Dark Skinned Black Woman)

Sanni Lark
4 min readJan 22, 2025

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I think it is about time dark skinned black women become their own beauty standard and stop trying to feed off of the privileges other women enjoy.

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I guess…I wish dark skinned black women would believe in their own beauty for once, outside of trying to create pretty privilege through using silky nonblack wigs, lighter toned makeup and contouring their larger facial features to make them smaller, all in an attempt to appear less black. Because that’s what black beauty has been reduced to for the longest time: doing whatever it takes to look like you’re not black, while still being able to claim black as your race.

I believe black beauty is long overdue for a face lift. I think it is about time dark skinned black women quit hiding behind the privileges black women that can pass as someone else enjoy and step up to be the face of the actual black community. I think it is about time dark skinned black women stop making excuses for why they refuse to wear their natural hair, as well as makeup and accessories that actually enhance their natural beauty.

Because baby, that shiny-ass wavy wig doesn’t make you look as if you are mixed. Maybe, just maybe, you look ridiculous?

You’re trying your best to look like everyone else, and yet nobody is trying to look like you…

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Sanni Lark
Sanni Lark

Written by Sanni Lark

Channeling sacred, unadulterated, feminine chaos and wisdom through writing. For more primordial womanhood activation visit: https://www.sannilark.com

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