Black women are constantly hypersexualised – it’s time to stop fetishising skin colour
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Historically, black women’s bodies are fair game.
By Natalie Morris
We are hypersexualised from an alarmingly young age and there is a collective tendency to dissect us into nothing more than body parts and sexual acts.
From music videos to movies to images of celebrities – the mainstream media perpetuates this obsession with the black, female form – at the expense of acknowledging us as human beings with brains and hearts and opinions, as well as tits and ass.
Despite being the least succe...
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