Since the beginning of time, African Americans have been made to believe that they are in every way inadequate due to their color of skin. Researchers have worked hard to prove that African Americans are mentally and physically inferior to Non-African Americans.
Satoshi Kanazawa released an article full of data from a series of surveys that deemed black women less attractive than any other race, but determined that black men are more attractive than any other race. He's basically stating that every race and ethnic group will recognize black women as being less attractive than any other race based off of his collection of surveys and interviews. I smell propaganda. "Black women are still less physically attractive than non-black women net of BMI and intelligence." His explanation for why his data showed black women being less attractive than any other race is that they lack testosterone. He also said "Africans have more mutations in their genomes than other races. And the mutation loads significantly decrease physical attractiveness."
Attraction in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as "arousing interest or pleasure." Attraction cannot be limited or given a generic rubric, which is why I find his study so false. Kanazawa couldn't explain why the people in his study thought that way, so he blamed it on the fact that black women have more mutations and testosterone. He went on a tangent to further say, "men with higher levels of testosterone have more masculine features and are therefore more physically attractive. In contrast, women with higher levels of testosterone also have more masculine features and are therefore less physically attractive." So black women, due to the mass production of testosterone, automatically have manlier features which are responsible for the lack of attractiveness. I believe the intent of this study is to present extremely biased data because in every way it's going to lessen the value of another race and gender. In no way can a scientist put a certified stamp on everyone's opinions and ideas of beauty. His conclusion for this study is written as a guaranteed fact but is a generalization. You can't refute a fact but you can refute a generalization. I completely disagree with his findings and don't know a single person who would agree.
According to CNN.com, a black woman won a major beauty contest called Miss USA. The article's headline is "Army Reserve officer Deshauna Barber crowned Miss USA 2016." The very first Miss USA was Vanessa Williams, according to the same website. They are both African American woman. Isn't that a beauty competition? If they both won, wouldn't they have to be beautiful? Attractive perhaps? Demographics.com even reported that 86% of black men marry black women in 2014? On blogher.com, an article on divorce rates stated, "...marriages involving an African American wife and a white husband had comparatively lower chances of ending up in divorce..." The divorce rate of the former couple was almost 44% lower than the latter. Not only are black women physically appealing in the public eye but a variety of men are continuously seeking out black women in the marriage market.
The main thing I want to focus on is that studies like these perpetuate the idea that there has to be some way we can scientifically separate one group of people from others. It's hard not to assume that when there have been multiple studies released into the public that wrongfully belittle African Americans in the past. The image of beauty cannot be scientifically proven because it's a matter of opinion; to falsely record your findings has an impact on the social environment of others. The study in itself was pointless due to the fact that its foundation was on a group of opinions that he tried to turn into facts. The study also had no purpose other than to further tease the elephant the room-- racism. A lot of women have low self-esteem, and research studies like this don't help at all for women of color especially.
A study for a cure for cancer would be much more appreciated, thanks.
