The topic that I have chosen is texturism because though it hasn’t gotten as much attention as other topics recently it is a something that relates to and is personal to me. With the threat of DEI programs being removed and discriminatory hiring slowly making a more bold return I wanted to shed a light on a less spoken on form of discriminaition that could also become more prominent under the erasure of DEI. Out of all the other topics that I though of speaking on this is the main one that I felt a burning need to use and show from a more personal point of view.
Texturism – “the discrimination and social marginalization of people with naturally tighter curl patterns or coily hair textures, while privileging those with straighter hair textures, rooted in Eurocentric beauty standards” (richlandlibrary.com).
The main characters that I will include in my drawing with be a little girl getting her hair done by her mother. There will be other people portrayed using some form of media from either a phone of a TV. I will try my best to represent this event as objective as possible because I’m not trying to persuade anyone I just want to shed a light on the different experiences texturism has led to. The emotions that often pronounce are sadness and anger which can be communicated there the expressions of the figures face’s.