More Than Skin-Deep

Black Woman's Beauty, More Than Skin-Deep

1. The Black woman’s beauty is much more than skin-deep.
2. It is more than canvas for bright and unnatural cosmetics.
3. Her beauty is far beyond the superficial designs of beauticians’ imaginations.
4. She is divinely lovely, whether short or tall; slim or corpulent; young or old; with or without curves.
5. The darkest complexion among her is as rightly beautiful as the lightest around her.
6. She is not governed or defined by the trappings of cultural fashion.
7. The material world does not contribute to the shinning exquisiteness of her inner Self.
8. The Black woman never needs to exploit her feminine figure to showcase her splendor.
9. She does not need to compete with her fellow sisters to prove her worth.
10. She rises from her bed in a perfect state of marvelous beauty.
11. No touch-up is required to maintain her beauty.
12. She has no need for extravagant jewelry, because her feminine Blackness is a fine jewel all in itself.
13. Whether her breasts be small, average or large; they are exactly the right proportions of her natural beauty.
14. She has no need of verbal praises of others to confirm what she already knows; she is the Black glory of beauty.
15. She can cover herself in the cloak of filthy mud, and still not hide the righteous wonder she really is.
16. She is the magnificent awe of her Black man, whether he recognizes it or not.
17. She is wholly woman; she is Blackness; she is femininity; she is power; she is graceful intelligence; she is the goddess of all beauty.
18. The Black woman’s beauty is much more deeper than skin-deep.