Cape Town – South African controversial poet Ntsiki Mazwai has taken to social media to ask black women why they aspire to be fake, sparking conversation about “looks, hair and skin bleaching”.
“Dear black woman. Why is your aspiration to be fake? To look like ANYTHING but yourself?? What’s wrong?,” tweeted Ntsiki.
Dear black woman
Why is your aspiration to be fake? To look like ANYTHING but yourself??
What’s wrong?
— BEVUYA Now Available ??? (@ntsikimazwai) August 22, 2022
Her followers responded to her tweet, with many agreeing with her.
“Going as far as bleaching your skin to look like a white woman. You need to see a psychiatrist,” wrote @NicolKofi.
Going as far as bleaching your skin to look like a white woman. You need to see a psychiatrist
— Imhotep (@NicolKofi) August 22, 2022
Take a look at more reactions:
There is nothing as unattractive as someone unhappy with what they look like….. It’s so lame.
— BEVUYA Now Available ??? (@ntsikimazwai) August 22, 2022
We lost this battle long time ago we even traded our morals for looks
— Dimakatso (@Dimakat99604320) August 22, 2022
@ntsikimazwai the younger ones need you so they can grow up with more self confidence and acceptance of their natural selves.
These older women will only see you as an enemy.
— YoMaMa (@YoMama_01000) August 22, 2022
Women who relax their hair aren’t any different from women who “bleach” their skin.
— Virtual Sweetheart (@VirtualSweeti3) August 22, 2022
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
