Monday, March 5, 2018
To Angela
Do you feel as though the popular consumption of your distinctly African-American features was based on her ability to align with the acceptable beauty standards for African-American women of the time? On a global scale, you were seen as the ideal for African-American women, a wildly unattainable thing, considering your educational feats and your uniquely exceptional climb to prominence. Being one of the most radical black minds of your time, coupled with your being one of the few women ever identified as one of FBI's Most Wanted, makes me wonder why you were not rejected by the media, why your considerably unpopular militant stance and antagonistic approach to activism wasn't shunned and silenced, but approved, packaged, and memorialized. Although today we value your devotion to activism and bettering the lives of your brothers and sisters, it is peculiar that such values were embraced so easily by the public because of the outward appearance of the woman communicating them.
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I think the questions you are asking Angela are valid and I was wonering a similar thing. How was she so well recieved by the public and cast into such an iconic role even though she was deeme a criminal by the FBI. What about Angela Davis made her more palatable as the face of a movement than others? Was her role intentional or did she just fall into it?
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