[8] Andinthat “maybe”, socalmlyandevenlyuttered, reststhecomplexcontradictions, theuneasytentativenegotiationsofthatwhichcannotbecompromisedyetcanneverberealizedinthisflawedworldasanideal; thereis, inthat “maybe”, theepistemologyofraceprideforblackAmericanwomensoparadoxicallysymbolizedbytheirstraightenedhair.IntheFebruary1939issueofTheAtlanticMonthly5, ablackwomannamedKimbalGoffman(possiblyapseudonym) wroteanessayentitledBlackPrideinwhichsheaccusedblacksofbeingashamedoftheirheritageand, evenmoredamninglyinsomeofherbarbsobviouslyaimedatblackwomen, oftheirlooks:...whyaresomanymanufacturersbecomingrichthroughthemanufactureofbleachingpreparations? Whyarehair-straighteningcombsfoundinnearlyeveryNegrohome? Whyisthefollowingremarkmadesooftentoanewbornbaby, whengrandmaorauntievisitsitforthefirsttime? “’ t, you’regonnahaveasure’noughdarkynose.”
[9] AccordingtoGoffman, blacksdonotexploitwhatsocietyhasgiventhem; theyaresimplyashamedtohavewhattheyhave, taintedasitiswithbeingassociatedwithadegradedpeople, , , itisblackwomen, becausetheyaremothers, whoperpetuatetheirsenseofinferioritybypassingitontotheirchildren.InthislargelyDuBoisian6argument, Goffmanadvises, “Originalityisthebackboneofallprogress.” And, inthissense, .
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