The usage of the term Eurocentric towards Black women
As of late, I’ve been noticing a trend where ppl are referring to dark-skinned monoracial black girls as Eurocentric. I’ve started to realize that these girls are leveling this towards a variety of women with a variety of facial features.
Initially, I saw it used against women like Chelly & Olandria from LI, Ryan Destiny, Justine Skye, Doechii, SZA, and Anok Yai, ESPECIALLY. The thing is those who are claiming these fully black women are Eurocentric and appealing to the white beauty standard will still simultaneously constantly uplift, pedestalize, and idolize racially ambiguous (literally HALF EUROPEAN ppl, mind you!) biracial women like Zendaya, Chase Infiniti, Latto, Pink Pantheress, Manon, and Tyla far more than these Eurocentric black women. They’ll fight you tooth & nail that these biracial women are just as black as they are, and that “blackness can come in all shades and sizes”.
It’s a misuse of the word, there’s a conversation to be had about featurism & colorism within the community without a doubt but this particular discourse feels a bit disingenuous to me. It’s unintentionally making the beauty of unambiguouslyblack women synonymous with whiteness, which honestly seems anti-black within itself.