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Igbogirl
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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 12:01 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Like Kola, both my parents are African. In fact they are both West Afican. I was raised in Europe. Since moving to the US five years ago, African-American have told me that I don't look African and that I look like an African-American. But what exactly do they mean by that? One person commented that I am "skinny" and have "no ass at all" for an African woman. In fact, I have a similar body type to the other women in my family and many of the women in my mother's tribe (Igbo) - tall, very long legs, narrow hips, lean but quite muscular. I don't understand this perception of African women having huge hips and being very large. Where I am from the women tend to be very lean. Its only when they get much older and have had several children and have grown wealthy enough not to have to do much for themselves, that some of them get large.

The other weird comments I've gotten is that I am "not dark enough" to be pure African. One African American man actually argued with me that it was impossible for me be 100% black African (which I believe myself to be)and not be darker. Is there also a perception that all Africans must be as deeply complected as Alek Wek. Here is my pic by the way.
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You, IMO, look like a typical African AND African-American. You will find that a lot of African American people try so hard to claim white blood and DISTANCE themselves from being African, that they delude themselves by saying that because they don't look like Alek Wek they have to have white blood and therefore aren't really African. To look at someone like yourself who looks like them and is African and doesn't have white blood SCARES them because they realize that they're actually closer to Africa than they wish to be. There are AA's who are MUCH darker than you are who will say they have white blood and therefore aren't African, but "multi-racial". You blow up all of their lies for them.

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Another thing, I find the "big hips/large build" thing to actually be more common in America and not at all common in African women (that I've met anyways). You guys for the most part seem to me to be quite thin and often petite. Gambian women, for instance, (that I've personally met) seem hardly able to fill out their own clothes.

American people see the world through their own eyes....so, if we're fat, we expect everyone else to be also.
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Renata, thanks. That explains a lot of the reactions I get. You say that I look like a typical African AND African-American and I agree with you. However, I have some African friends who somehow manage to look African but NOT African-American. What I mean is, nobody would ever say to them "you don't look African" and you can somehow tell they are African just by looking. In my own experience, I've been to West Africa, South Africa, Jamaica, and of course all over America and in each of those places, everyone takes me for a local/native!
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"Another thing, I find the "big hips/large build" thing to actually be more common in America and not at all common in African women (that I've met anyways). You guys for the most part seem to me to be quite thin and often petite. Gambian women, for instance, (that I've personally met) seem hardly able to fill out their own clothes.

American people see the world through their own eyes....so, if we're fat, we expect everyone else to be also."


i've noticed this about west african women too although alot of them DO tend to have heavy breasts.

but if you go outside west africa you will find alot of african women with wide hips and big butts. for isntance, hottenot and bush women are known for having extreemely large and potrudiing buttocks.....ethiopian and somali women also have big hips and large butts.


but eventhough west african women are petitie, their butt still kind of sticks out a little eventhough they're skinny. they're not flat by any means. they have high hips and high behinds. they simply dont have the large butts and hips that black american women have.


anyway, i dont know where this idea comes from that because a woman has big hips and a large butt that shes overweight....in my opinion all of those attrributes increase a womans femininity. would you all say that beyonce, buffy the body and naughty nishelle are overweight?


also somehting i dont understand is how black american women and afro-brazilian women came out with such large butts and wide hips when our ancestors were WEST africans. and no im not tlaking aobut the overweight black women, i'm talking about black women like buffy the body.


of course african americans have "other" blood running through their veins but our builds couldnt possibly have come from whites and native americans.
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”Like Kola, both my parents are African. In fact they are both West Afican. I was raised in Europe. Since moving to the US five years ago, African-American have told me that I don't look African and that I look like an African-American. But what exactly do they mean by that? One person commented that I am "skinny" and have "no ass at all" for an African woman. In fact, I have a similar body type………… The other weird comments I've gotten is that I am "not dark enough" to be pure African. One African American man actually argued with me that it was impossible for me be 100% black African (which I believe myself to be)and not be darker……..”

First of all, let me welcome you to the board. Because you are African, your writings should present an interesting input and perspective many black Americans may not be aware of. Secondly, you must understand that many black Americans have very distorted and unrealistic beliefs about what Africans look like (like everyone else). They believe having a large butt and wide hips is somehow imbedded in black DNA. They have deluded themselves into thinking that if a black woman is not packing a rear end as wide as the back end of a F-150 truck, the woman is somehow lagging in her black genes. What they do not realize, especially those born after 1970, that this epidemic of massive butts and obesity was not characteristic of black women as a “group” 40 to 50 years ago. Ask anyone over the age of 50 if black women, as a group, were as large today as when they were young. THE ANSWER WILL BE A RESOUNDING NO! According to the American Obesity Association, U.S. adults, black (non-Hispanic) women have the highest prevalence of overweight (78 percent) and obesity (50.8 percent). These statistics did not reflect the physical demographics of black women in 1960. However, since it is trendy and fashionable for black American women to brag and flaunt having a big butt, any woman who does not sport a double basket ball booty is looked upon as lagging (especially if she happens to be black).

Comments from black Americans about you “not being dark enough” are clear examples of their misguided perceptions. They do not understand nor realize that there are varying hues of color among Africans. For some strange reason (probably from media brain washing), they believe all Africans, regardless of their geographical or tribal origins, are all uniformly very dark complexioned. This is simply not true.

And since you do not have a large protuberant butt and big thighs, that further contradicts their erroneous beliefs. Their ignorance has nothing to do with you or the physical reality of African people. It’s the embarrassing wide spread degree of black American ignorance, coupled with their pathological obsession with skin color (which saturates this board –trust me, you’ll notice it very shortly), that drives them to make such distorted and reality free comments.


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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 01:18 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Misty, DO African American women actually have large butts and wide hips even when they are not overweight? I mean, sure Beyonce is a bit of a pear shape but so are many white women. And Buffie is the exception to the rule - women with bodies like hers are rare.
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actually i see black american women with similar shapes to those women pretty often (although not as exaggerated). of course buffies butt is larger than the average womans butt it still doesnt discount the fact that there are tons black american women with similar builds (although not as exaggerated as buffie's). it also doesnt discount the fact that i see more black women with buffies build (or a similar build to buffy) than white and asian women..
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"First of all, let me welcome you to the board."

Thanks!

"They believe having a large butt and wide hips is somehow imbedded in black DNA."

I know, I know! People really believe this stuff. If people actually spent time in various African countries, they would see the reality. My mother's 5'11 with the longest, skinniest legs you ever saw and she wore a size 4-6 even after giving birth to four children. Her hips are tiny. And she is very typical of women from her region of West Africa.

But here's an interesting point. Some of my family members who were born and raised in America are now overweight and have HUGE butts, thighs and hips. Maybe it's something to do with the growth hormone they put into the meat here.
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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 01:27 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Funny. But I see LOTS of Black women who are rather thin on all other areas of their bodies but their derrieres.
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"actually i see black american women with similar shapes to those women pretty often (although not as exaggerated). of course buffies butt is larger than the average womans butt it still doesnt discount the fact that there are tons black american women with similar builds (although not as exaggerated as buffie's). it also doesnt discount the fact that i see more black women with buffies build (or a similar build to buffy) than white and asian women.. "

Hmm. Now, the Hottentot Venus, was her build typical of her tribe or was she an exception? Maybe there are tribes in Africa where the women do have huge butts and thighs. However, I do not consider this type of build to be the norm in Africa. If there even is a typical black African body structure, I'd have thought that it includes having ultra long legs and a very high behind/hips.
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"Funny. But I see LOTS of Black women who are rather thin on all other areas of their bodies but their derrieres"

I would agree with you that often black women's butts are very prominent, even when the woman is thin. What I mean is that the shape is pronounced and the butt might stick out a bit. But I don't agree that the overall size is big. My 17 year old niece is tall and skinny. Her butt has a pronounced shape, but since she fits into a size 2, at the height of 5'9, her butt is not actually at all large. If that makes sense. I am quite similar. I'm 5'9 and my behind is very "high" and as round as a football, LOL. However, it can still fit into size 4-6 pants, so it can't be all that big.
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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 01:43 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I've noticed that women from Sierra Leone tend to have enormous buttocks. It must have something to do with diet. Arab women, especially North Africans, tend to be heavier hipped and bigger legged than women from Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Are we talking about some fixed a$$ size? Or are we referring to some basic a$$-2-body(or height) proportion?

And let's consider Serena Williams.

I'll bet Serena's fitness, body fat numbers/percentages and nutritional criteria is superior to that of the vast majority of African American women. Yet she's got an a$$ that would give Buffie's a run for 'its' money.

So is a sista's a$$ mostly an issue of what Black women are eating and/or physical conditioning? Or are there some genetic or other environmental factors that contributes to sista booty?
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"So is a sista's a$$ mostly an issue of what Black women are eating and/or physical conditioning? Or are there some genetic or other environmental factors that contributes to sista booty?"

Agreed. Serena Williams is in shape and has a huge booty. Now I don't see many women of any race with as much muscle as she has. However, its a proven fact that black people generally have more lean muscle mass on their bodies. So I guess being black + training superhard + lots of protein = Serena Williams.

But then Venus no doubt trains just as hard and her ass doesn't look so huge to me at all. Her entire frame is more petite than Serena's
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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 02:04 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Igbogirl,

Your comparison of Serena with Venus helps make my point. Because even though they likely eat and trained quite similarly, their bodies developed quite DIFFERENTLY. There OBVIOUSLY are some genetic differences between them, even though they share parents.
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"Hmm. Now, the Hottentot Venus, was her build typical of her tribe or was she an exception? Maybe there are tribes in Africa where the women do have huge butts and thighs. However, I do not consider this type of build to be the norm in Africa. If there even is a typical black African body structure, I'd have thought that it includes having ultra long legs and a very high behind/hips."


yes, according to the articles i read this was very common in the hottenot venus tribe as well as others.


and i agree i dont see this build throughout entire africa but it's not uncommon. because again it happens pretty often in south africa, and amongst ethiopians and somali women. While steatogypia isn't common in ethiopia and somalia, the presence of alarge buttocks is common amongst them jsut from my observation...however steatogypia is very common among bushwomen, hottentots and andamanese.

anyway here's one article on it

http://barclay1720.tripod.com/hist/paleo/buttocks.htm


"Steatopygia (“fat bottom”) was common among some African tribes—especially among women—such as Bushman, Hottentot and Andamanese, and still is among Onge (one of the Andamanese groups) today as shown in the picture at right.

“Fat bottom” is the storage of excess reserve fat in the buttocks. Best known in the Khoikhoi and San (Hottentot and Bushman) people of the south African deserts, it is also known in other populations with a tendency towards dwarfism.

Some scholars believe that a big bottom is a natural adaptation for survival, and that, in the ancient days, steatopygia was advantageous in the African tropical environment because the unpredictable rainfall and the narrow economic base remained a constant threat."
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"Only two living populations are to day known to still (occasionally and increasingly rarely) have steatopygous women. Both are (or until very recently have been) among the few remaining hunting-gathering societies: the Khoisan of South Africa and the Andamanese. That those two populations also have in common the rare "peppercorn hair" type (see below) adds to the suspicions that they are somehow related. If so, it is a relationship that would go back right to the development of the earliest modern Homo sapiens. That he and she developed in Africa there is little doubt today."


http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter5/text5.htm


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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 02:36 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Misty, that was fascinating to read. Thanks so much for posting the link.
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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 02:42 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

you're welcome
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I saw Buffy the Body in person and she IS overweight. She is two hamburgers away from being fat

The magazines make her look so slim at the top and toned with a large behind, when in reality, she's short and very chubby--not in shape at all.

Her behind is big, because the fat has to go somewhere.
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Hi Igbo Girl,

It's so nice to have yet another African woman in the mix, and I realize you've been raised in Europe,

HOWEVER...

you need to learn the History of your tribe, the Igbo...my close friends, the scholar Chinweizu and the poet Tolulope Ogunlesi are both Igbo....and though you naturally would see yourself as just "black"----the Igbo are both BLACK and Nigeria's most "mixed" blooded tribe at the same time.

Just like the Black Americans---you have 2 black Igbo parents and assume that there is no mixture in your blood.

But in the 1500's, the Portugese and Arab explorers were the first to begin mixing with Igbo Princesses.

In the 1600's to the 1850's, the British, Dutch and other European WHITE colonists, explorers, missionaries, etc. continued to prefer Igbo women for "maids", "

It's commonly known that the Igbo's are Nigeria's "lighter-skinned" group..."hickory brown" in comparison to the darker Yoruba, Ekoi, Hausa and other tribes.

I am not in any way questioning whether you are BLACK or not----of course, by African standards----you are both BLACK and AFRICAN.

But there is much WHITE blood in the Igbo tribe, and ESPECIALLY in the blood of those who could afford to leave and live in Europe.

"TECHNICALLY"---the person who said that you are not PURE BLACK...is correct, just as Kola Boof is not PURE BLACK.

And you have Black Americans who have a dad who looks like Will Smith and a mother who looks like Jada Pinkett and they will announce that they are "PURE BLACK"-----saying: "Both my parents were black".



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And though most African women are very thin until old age or they've had a lot of children....the WEST AFRICAN WOMEN are world famous for their large "booty", thin or not.

NOT ALL---the Ashanti is another tribe with very thin, but even they have a small, round ONION BOOTY--not flat.

Anyone who travels through Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Benin....is going to see nothing but VERY BLACK SLENDER GIRLS with VERY BULBOUS-LIKE BOOTIES..

"apple booties", "onion booties", (Dukan Cake) "The BIG QUEEN booty"

....But it's not a STEREOTYPE, it's a Beauty Trait of West African women (and West Africans in general)....and the SOUTH Africans are this way, too.

And the West African men, in comparison to the East African men, are just NATURALLY very muscular and well formed.

Though we East Africans are extremely TALL and usually have skinnier features.






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You guys really need to come to the south....white women here have butts that could be TWO black woman butts...really, they have HUGE asses. I wonder how they find pants that fit.

Maybe it's a southern thing.
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In many cases...it's a PLASTIC SURGERY thing.

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Renata,

It seems these days I see more White chicks with nice a$$e$ than I recall seeing before.

Maybe they were always there but they were less proud of showing them before than they are now.
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Using padded panties to get a big bottom look
How to look like Jennifer Lopez or Beyonce?







By Lisa Kramer


Many women look at celebrities like J-Lo and Beyonce and wonder how can they get the type of body shapes that these two ladies have. In fact there are reports that many stores are redesigning their mannequins to make them look similar to women like Jennifer Lopez as the craze for padded garments has skyrocketed by 300% in just the last ten years. So here are the tips for all those women who were not blessed with one!


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"You guys really need to come to the south....white women here have butts that could be TWO black woman butts...really, they have HUGE asses. I wonder how they find pants that fit. Maybe it's a southern thing."

Wow! I never heard that before. I do know that there is this prevailing belief that all white women have flat asses. I'm not a racist, but I have personally noticed certain (although un-scientific) trends. Since I am originally from the Mid-West, there may be some truth to that (I noticed the flat butt thing when I was in Chicago and Ohio two years ago). But I do know for a fact, that in Southern California, that is NOT THE CASE. I recall about twenty years ago, a dear friend of mine (who is deceased now) said to me one day, "Listen, white women in California are different -these women don't have flat asses. There is nothing flat about their asses". And she was a black woman. Up to that point, I had never really noticed. But after that conversation, I began noticing. IT'S TRUE. I can personally vouch for it. I see white women with protruding round butts every single day! Trust me! So I guess I shouldn't be surprised at your observation.

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Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 05:59 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Kola,

There must be LOTS of disappointed brothas out there who think they've got a White chick with a biga$$.

Hahahaha!!!
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The Once Painful Buttock Implant
Is Now The Hottest Craze!





By Carole Sanderson

Spurred by the Jennifer Lopez phenomenon,
women across America are opting going under
the knife to get those perfect hind cheeks.

An area of the body not easily enlarged, shaped by weight training or diet is the buttocks region. Individuals that wish to enlarge, lift, and shape the buttock mounds, have a variety of different size and shape buttock implants from which to choose. The decision for the shape and size of the implants is made depending on each person’s individual desires and on their general body build. Buttock implants are very soft, SOLID SILICONE implants and are completely unlike breast implants, which are soft, FLUID-FILLED sacks.

Generally, anyone in average physical condition or good health can be a candidate for buttock implant (augmentation) surgery.



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Kola_boof
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And is there ANYONE in here who
doesn't know that SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
is the "plastic surgery" capital of the
world????



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Kola,

As long as plastic a$$ looks and feels like real a$$, most guys won't care.
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Naw, not those butts, Kola.

Imagine that butt....now multiply it times 4...or 6.

I'm talking about asses that could wup Buffie's ass without breaking a sweat.

The two you posted look like NORMAL sized butts.
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Not only are they stealing our men but getting bigger asses than us..
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RENATA....butt implants are like BREAST IMPLANTS, you can get them as BIG as you want.

Why would women who didn't have big butts in the 1970's, 80's....all of a sudden have them in HUGE NUMBERS?



And BrownBeauty123...nobody's STEALING our men.

Those men went where they wanted to go.







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Having an ass makes such a big difference!! (~tears~)

Though I'm not complaining because atleast my ass is no way near as flat as sistergirl's in that before picture. Yikes!
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ABM,

I bet many black men who are with white women encourage their women to get padded panties so that their "boys" will think she's all that.

I have a white girlfriend in Maryland who's had back to back relationships with black men and both of them were insecure about strolling around with a white chick. She said they made her braid her hair and wear butt pads. She said she went along to please her man. Both guys were always cheating on her with black women.

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Hi Kola, actually I am half Igbo and the other half is Sierre Leonian from the Mende tribe. Although I was raised in Europe, I've spent a lot of time in Africa and other parts of Africa. While there are lot of Igbo who are a bit lighter than other Nigerians, not all of them are light. Think about Oluchi. She's Igbo. I also have a half sister who is 100% Igbo and she has the complexion of Wesley Snipes. As for only the more mixed Igbos having the means to travel to Europe back in the day: I'm not so sure about that. The wealth in my mother's family began with her grandfather who was a jet black man. I suppose its possible he had Portugese or other white ancestry but it sure did not show in his appearance.

I think Igbo women are very pretty. However, it is rather sad that right now women of my complexion and lighter are favoured over the darker Igbo women. And there is LOTS of skin bleaching going on. Even two of my aunts have bleached their skin to the point where they have gone from Oluchi's color to about six shades lighter.
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Igbogirl do Igbos generally know/acknowledge their racial admixture? I have known several who don't seem to know why their skin is yellowish and their eyes are light colored whereas my father was the one who told me of Igbo blood lines (we are from Benin).

I think it's important that people understand that African does not equal pure black if African is defined strictly as someone born on the continent. There are populations on both coast with heavy mixing. If Americans say you are not dark enough they generally just don't know much about the history of individual populations and families.
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Igbogirl do Igbos generally know/acknowledge their racial admixture? I have known several who don't seem to know why their skin is yellowish and their eyes are light colored whereas my father was the one who told me of Igbo blood lines (we are from Benin).

Hi Dahomey, in my experience Igbo people do not generally seem to talk of any racial mixture in our heritage. I thought the relative lightness was just random.
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"Not only are they stealing our men but getting bigger asses than us."

Yep! Sure looks that way. Ha! Ha! ha! Ha!
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PBG,

What you describe wouldn't/doesn't surprise me.

I find it hilarious that a brotha would get a White chick and then dress her up in sistagurl drag.
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It goes both ways. White women are getting bigger asses, lips, and tans..and Black women are wearing their hair, bleaching their skin, and putting in blue contacts..
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”I bet many black men who are with white women encourage their women to get padded panties so that their "boys" will think she's all that.”

Naw. I doubt that. Perhaps there are a few brothers that would be that sick, but the majority of brothers are into big booties period! And to be honest –I’ll admit that I’m the head drum major leading the parade of big booty worshippers. In fact, my best friend called me yesterday and asked me why brothers are obsessed with women’s booties. We discussed this in detail and exchanged theories. But love of the basket ball shaped booty is not restricted to American black men. Italians and Latinos are also into healthy thick backsides. In fact, go to Brazil. IT IS THE BOOTY CAPITAL OF THE PLANET. OMG!! If you are a booty-ologist (like me), you will be extremely happy and drooling uncontrollably in Rio! Trust me!

”I have a white girlfriend in Maryland who's had back to back relationships with black men and both of them were insecure about strolling around with a white chick. She said they made her braid her hair and wear butt pads. She said she went along to please her man.”

That’s sad. And she went along with it? Well, consider the source. E’nuff said…..

”Both guys were always cheating on her with black women.”

Good! They should. If she is that stupid and confused enough to braid her hair and wear butt pads to please some ignorant Negroes, they should cheat on her. She deserves nothing better!

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Ntfs: when you say that you love a big booty - are you talking about big like Buffie's or "big" like JLo's? Just curious

Why am I not all that shocked about a white woman braiding her hair and wearing putt pads to please her man? How is that different to black women weraing straight silky weaves and wearing color contacts to attract certain men?
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Ntfs: when you say that you love a big booty - are you talking about big like Buffie's or "big" like JLo's? Just curious

Uhhhhhh…..both. I’m obsessed with booties period! Maybe I should be in booty therapy or something……I can’t help it. I dunno. Well, let me put a qualifier in here for clarification; The booty can be large but it has to be in proportion to the rest of the body. Having a massive protruding butt with a short waist line and chicken legs doesn’t cut it. IMO.

Why am I not all that shocked about a white woman braiding her hair and wearing putt pads to please her man?

Well, she is free to do so. I respect her right to do so but I question her slavish mentality for doing so. She is doing it because some silly Negro wants her to emulate a black woman. If she likes brothers, fine, do your thing. I don’t have a problem with that. Just be who you naturally are. But trying to talk, act and look like a black woman to please a black man is unacceptable. It would be like a black woman dating a white man and wearing blond wigs, blue contacts and speaking with a fraudulent Scarsdale suburban accent just to please him. She has the right to do so but I would definitely question her personal integrity.

”How is that different to black women wearing straight silky weaves and wearing color contacts to attract certain men?”

Well….uhhhhhh…that’s a good question. I guess there is no difference. But will I will tell you this, I personally have no respect nor affinity for such behavior. I recall when I lived in Japan, I saw Japanese girls who tanned themselves so dark as to look black and took on the mannerisms and speech of LaShondra Jackson from Compton! It was pathetic! I also was introduced to a Japanese girl once who dyed her hair blond and had blue contacts! Done deal. I was up and out!

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Thanks for your answer Igbogirl. That is amazing to me.
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wow i thought asians were mroe into skin bleaching than tanning i honestly didnt know they tanned at all.
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LOL, Ntsf, a friend of mine tried to set me up with her cousin once...she told me he was half Vietnamese/Black, and wore BLUE contact lenses. I wasn't even interested in meeting him.
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"wow i thought asians were mroe into skin bleaching than tanning i honestly didnt know they tanned at all.

Just the ones that are into brothers. When I was very young, I recall seeing a thick black girl in Hong Kong one night, walking down the street by herself. I was stunned to see this thick sista gurl girl with "big boobs" wondering around. Well, as she walked closer, (she initially was in the shadows as she was coming towards me) into the light from a lamp post -I could see she had an Asian face! The sista gurl turned out to be 100% Chinese, had a dark tan and curled her hair to look like an big Afro. We met, became fast friends and corresponded for years. She eventually moved to the US and married some brother in Philadelphia.
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black men love to run to brazil
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"black men love to run to brazil"

Oh yeah! This is very true. It is the booty capital of planet earth! Of course they would. It's a great place to be if you appreciate and worship women with plump outrageous booties. It's good thing!
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"Oh yeah! This is very true. It is the booty capital of planet earth! Of course they would. It's a great place to be if you appreciate and worship women with plump outrageous booties. It's good thing!"

You are such a liar.
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"You are such a liar."

Oh? How so? And what lie have I told?

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