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Ask Code Switch: What Does Race Have To Do With Beauty?

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Is Beauty a Fundamentally Unjust Concept?

If trying to have a nice appearance is predicated on not being poor, then is beauty a kind of fundamentally unjust concept to be striving for in that sense? A profound way to decolonize your beauty routine is to have none. That will obviously have deeper consequences for people who are already marginalized and therefore more likely to be considered not beautiful to begin with. And i think ultimately, beauty is a facet of power.

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