Stop Turning Mixed Race Girls Into a FetishPosted in Articles, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, United Kingdom on 2016-05-09 23:40Z by Steven |
Stop Turning Mixed Race Girls Into a Fetish
Consented
2016-03-04
Antonia King
History graduate turned job hunter, currently living between Devon and London, spoken word artist and lover of Nicki Minaj.
I was in Sainsbury’s and a white woman who helped me reach something on the top shelf decided to ask me my ethnic background. She was well meaning and seemed kind so no immediate alarm bells rang, but she then informed me she wants mixed race kids. She laughed and stated “I’m single right now, but definitely only looking at black guys, mixed race kids are just so beautiful”.
I smiled, left and then began to despair and worry about her future children. This is nothing I haven’t heard many times before, a quick Twitter search for “mixed race kids” will reveal many people detailing how they want mixed race children to dress up and parade around like a handbag.
The major issue being that mixed race children are not handbags. Mixed race children, especially girls, are fetishized and even sexualised before they’re born. Comments about how beautiful they’re going to be, or how they’ll be just the right amount of black start disgustingly early, the media commentary on North West is a prime example of this…
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