{"id":62808,"date":"2012-05-04T06:37:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=62808"},"modified":"2012-05-04T06:37:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T10:37:22","slug":"poem-beautiful-for-a-black-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/poetry\/poem-beautiful-for-a-black-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Beautiful, for a black girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-62809\" title=\"black woman\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/black-woman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/black-woman.jpg 208w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/black-woman-128x150.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/>Straight narrow nose<br \/>\nSmall pouty pink lips<br \/>\nHigh cheekbones<br \/>\nWavy locks<br \/>\nYou are beautiful<br \/>\nFor a black girl they say<\/p>\n<p>My heart aches.<br \/>\nRacial prejudice<br \/>\nStill lives on in the 21st century western world<br \/>\nThey have an obvious preference<br \/>\nfor the mocha covered Scandinavian girl<\/p>\n<p>To not have<br \/>\nBroad, flared nose<br \/>\nWide full lips<br \/>\nRound cheeks<br \/>\nNappy coarse hair<br \/>\nIs my good fortune?!<br \/>\nI shall shun your Euro-centric standard<br \/>\nYour world of black is not beauty<\/p>\n<p>To tell me<br \/>\nI am beautiful<br \/>\nYou may<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t you dare tell me<br \/>\nI am beautiful, for a black girl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Straight narrow nose Small pouty pink lips High cheekbones Wavy locks You are beautiful For a black girl they say My heart aches. 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