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Beauty is defined by individual senses or mind. Since our minds and senses differ individually, t... more Beauty is defined by individual senses or mind. Since our minds and senses differ individually, the idea of beauty also varies accordingly. It is all about how we shape our mind and how we get ourselves influenced by the others’ definition of beauty. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison has woven story that depicts the disturbing consequences of the White standard of beauty that has rooted deep and firm in the consciousness of the Americans. Colonialism implanted in their mind a politicized and racist sense of beauty“White is Beautiful”. Since the white Americans were politically superior, their ideafair complexion, straighter hair and blue eyes as the ideal characteristics of beautybecame dominant. This standardization of the notion of beauty triggered a race among the darkerskinned people to hunt ways and means to achieve fairer skin. However, this race has some adverse effects onthe psyche of the African-Americans. They often have to suffer from societal pressure to be beautiful and ...
Beauty is defined by individual senses or mind. Since our minds and senses differ individually, t... more Beauty is defined by individual senses or mind. Since our minds and senses differ individually, the idea of beauty also varies accordingly. It is all about how we shape our mind and how we get ourselves influenced by the others’ definition of beauty. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison has woven story that depicts the disturbing consequences of the White standard of beauty that has rooted deep and firm in the consciousness of the Americans. Colonialism implanted in their mind a politicized and racist sense of beauty“White is Beautiful”. Since the white Americans were politically superior, their ideafair complexion, straighter hair and blue eyes as the ideal characteristics of beautybecame dominant. This standardization of the notion of beauty triggered a race among the darkerskinned people to hunt ways and means to achieve fairer skin. However, this race has some adverse effects onthe psyche of the African-Americans. They often have to suffer from societal pressure to be beautiful and ...