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blackexcellence · 1 year

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Art by @lehuckbadu

African Hair Threading

Hair Threading has been part of the Black hair scene for many generations. It consists of wrapping sectioned hair in thread. This method of wrapping the hair in thread strengthens the hair without excessive manipulation, which is beneficial for your strands. Not only does the style strengthen the hair, but it also promotes growth.

The style comes from Sub-Saharan African countries and grew its popularity in West Africa, particularly, South Nigeria. Learn more here

Art by Izzakko via @blacklacerabbit

Bantu Knots and Hi-Top Fades

The Zulu people of southern Africa originated Bantu knots, a hairstyle where the hair is sectioned off, twisted, and wrapped in such a way that the hair stacks upon itself to form a spiraled knot (Source). Learn the history of Bantu Knots

The hi-top fade or flattop originated in the U.S. military around the ‘40s and ‘50s. By the mid-eighties, Black barbers began to reimagine the hairstyle, and due to its resemblance to Queen Nefertiti’s Empress headpiece, some speculated the hairstyle's origin. The hairstyle grew as a trend when worn by the like of Grace Jones, Doug E. Fresh, and Salt-N-Peppa.

Art by LaQuecya Allen via @nappy-by-nature

Afro

As far as hairstyles go, there's nothing Blacker than the Afro. In the 1960s, after decades of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, Black folks decided to take back their hair. This newfound self-acceptance was widely known as the Black Is Beautiful movement, which sprang from the Black Power movement. The 'fro was rocked by Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, and Jesse Jackson while fighting oppression; the hairstyle quickly emerged as a symbol of Black beauty, liberation, and pride.

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cyarsk52-20 · 11 months

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#BlackExcellence365 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽!#black excellence 365 #black excellence #celebrating black history #blackjoy #all black everything #black culture #black lives matter #black history matters #black history #today in black excellence #black tumblr #blktumblr #blackexcellence365 #blackjoyisblackexcellence

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alwaysbewoke · 3 months

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taylorrussellsgf · 2 months

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Taylor Russell for Vogue Italia 2024

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verum-artifex · 10 months

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Happy Juneteeth

Juneteenth, a testament to resilience and might, A beacon of freedom, shining ever so bright. We remember the past, embrace the present with glee, For in unity we find strength, forever we'll be free.

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pigdemonart · 5 months

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Drawings of some Rosarios and a beloved Fatima @bunnyangelart

The bottom pic makes me the happiest! Bunnii and I had mused ideas of the four of them having known each other in school as kids, and the idea stuck enough it became canon. Also any time drawing baby Adrián before he lost is eye is like u_u ….. mm

OH before anyone asks, Mani was asked to be the school mascot. It’s not his fursuit!!!! Realistically if anyone would have a fursuit, it’d be Adrián…….And Fatima (shes a warrior cats kid)

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#my art #los brujos #manuel #victor #Adrián #fatima #dolores #actually i could ramble in the tags for a moment longer #baseball is the American passtime as its called #but it has a big cultural significance in PR #growing up baseball players in my class were kind of idolized #most athletes were tbh and its because a lot of our fav celebrities are athletes that make it big in American leagues #roberto clemente was a Black Puertorriqueño who played in the MLB and became the first latinamerican and caribeño to enter the hall of fame #that pride -even for someone like me who doesnt particularly like sports- is felt very strongly in our community #the number of his jersey was 21 #for Vico to pick 21 shows not only his pride but also an ego about his skillset which i think is pretty integral to his charcter #im sure he rolls his eyes about it now LOL

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okletsgetnuts · 3 months

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beyszn · 5 months

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Beyoncé in platinum blonde for the Renaissance Film Premiere has changed my life 😭🤍

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tabney2023 · 10 months

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Beyonce: Pretty in Hot Pink. Renaissance World Tour (2023)

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popculturebaby · 6 months

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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in 1982 ✨

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tygerland · 2 years

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Debbie Harry at PUNK magazine's 1975 Christmas party, NYC. (Roberta Bayley)

#black and white #party #women #christmas #music #icons #70s #portrait #photo #punk #actress #celebrities #blondie #nostalgia #retro #culture #debbie harry #inspiration #rock #beauty

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blackexcellence · 10 months

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Happy Juneteenth Tumblr✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

#juneteenth celebration #juneteenth #black excellence #black culture #black tumblr #black history #black lives matter #black excellence 365

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enbysiriusblack · 2 months

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i cannot for the life of me remember who made that post with the headcanon about the black family losing a lot of their wealth.

but i've been thinking about it a lot. and in england from early to mid 1900s, the aristocracy changed fundamentally as a class, they lost a lot of their previous held power as well as a lot of their money. and because of this, they either had to get a job (the aristocracy is the leisure class. they don't work), which means leaving behind the traditions of your class and your family in order to modernise and keep your money/power, or they could sell off their large estates/lands/artworks in order to keep tradition of the aristocracy as much as they could, but it meant losing a lot of money/power.

there's this quote describing this change in the aristocracy actually- "less power, more prestige". in staying with the traditions of old money, they lose the power they had in government/economy/whatever, but gain lots of admiration and respect from society- like they still have honour and integrity despite losing their money and power, which then becomes their primary tool in still being seen as an influential family.

and with the black family being known as "the noble and most ancient house of black", that definitely could show they chose that pathway. they're clinging onto their lineage of nobility in a time when the aristocracy as a class and the idea of high society is very much falling apart. and unlike quite a lot of these families, they don't modernise but instead keep their heads high and very much make it known that they are nobility and an ancient family, and have no intentions of disrupting this and losing the meaning of what being an aristocrat and a noble used to mean.

#also their motto being “always pure”. like i know its about purebloods and shit #but i do think there's an element of clinging onto traditions #in early 1900s was the rise of celebrities (actors/musicians/writers) surpassing a lot of religious or noble figures in pop culture #and then aristocracts then began to marry these sort of new money celebrities (although not all of them new money #i just mean not following traditions of high society and upper class #and the always pure motto could be very much a clear statement of outrage at this. of class becoming less about lineage #and more about who's the got the bigger wallets and the better parties #sorry i'm doing a module in uni rn about the monarchy and the british classes in early to mid 1900s soo #marauders era #marauders #the black family #the noble and most ancient house of black

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cyarsk52-20 · 1 year

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We are tired of apologies. We don't want apologies. They don't mean it. It trivializes the issue. People need to stop thinking "oops my bad" makes everything all better. It doesn't.

That’s like if an unfaithful man/woman says yes I have cheated but I still want you and I love you NO THE HECK YOU DONT BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO HURT THEM INTENTIONALLY!

A racist apology is like a gop thought and prayers after a school shooting: to hell with that , shove it, fquck that and you!

WE WANT PEOPLE TO STOP BEING BLATANT RACISTS!