Queen Shirlee

Come join the classically beautiful team on Sunday, November 16th between 11 AM and 7 PM at 402 Broad Street in Newark, NJ over good music, positive vibes, mimosas, cupcakes, and love, in an effort to contribute to rewriting what it means to be classically beautiful in America.

# C L A S S I C A L L Y B E A U T I F U L

New York Time’s journalist, Alessandra Stanley, deemed renowned actress Viola Davis as “Less classically beautiful” in comparison to Kerri Washington on an interview with THE VIEW.

When asked about the jab, VIOLA DAVIS elegantly responded, “I’ve heard that statement [less classically beautiful] my entire life. Being a dark-skinned black woman, you heard it from the womb. And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you. Now… it worked when I was younger. It no longer works for me now. YOU WILL NOT ERASE ME!”

# C L A S S I C A L L Y B E A U T I F U L is a campaign that sheds light on the beauty of the many shades of black women. Still in the media today, dark-skinned woman are regarded as inferior to light-skinned woman. Colorism and micro-aggressive behavior should have no place in the African American community.

As a man of color it is imperative that I love and support ALL black women no matter what complexion they are.  

  The personal security of the BLACK WOMAN matters!

I hate imagining what it would be like to be any other race than Black yet the desire to have lighter skin is something that is instilled in young black women specifically. It is crazy that this hatred that is aimed towards black skin still exists. I hear people say all the time that they don’t want dark babies as if because their skin is dark they will not be beautiful children. 

It is heart breaking because it is still just ignorance. The color of your skin should not make you ugly or pretty and certainly not the shade of your color. The fact that this ideology is ingrained in the black community is the most devastating part. Just thinking that we fought years ago for equality so that only half of us can be given respect and acknowledgement in society?

# C L A S S I C A L L Y B E A U T I F U L

New York Time’s journalist, Alessandra Stanley, deemed renowned actress Viola Davis as “Less classically beautiful” in comparison to Kerri Washington on an interview with THE VIEW.

When asked about the jab, VIOLA DAVIS elegantly responded, “I’ve heard that statement [less classically beautiful] my entire life. Being a dark-skinned black woman, you heard it from the womb. And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you. Now… it worked when I was younger. It no longer works for me now. YOU WILL NOT ERASE ME!”

# C L A S S I C A L L Y B E A U T I F U L is a campaign that sheds light on the beauty of the many shades of black women. Still in the media today, dark-skinned woman are regarded as inferior to light-skinned woman. Colorism and micro-aggressive behavior should have no place in the African American community.

As a man of color it is imperative that I love and support ALL black women no matter what complexion they are.  

  The personal security of the BLACK WOMAN matters!