Monique DeBose's Feminist Anthem “Brown Beauty” Is a Love Letter to Black and Brown Women

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“I want people to feel like they’ve been seen.' Read JProfessor's interview with Los Angeles based singer, activist and spiritual coach Monique DeBose:

: I have always believed that in creating art, it’s for the purpose of transformation. It’s for the purpose of having people ask questions of themselves and their society that they may not have already been asking. It’s a tool to help change the cells inside of people, so that’s why I say that most real artists are transformational entertainers. Because they put their heart and soul into their work with the intention of moving people.

I don’t have that privilege—if it is a privilege—of getting to choose a group or just be with a collective. That feeling of being in-between and being a bridge, the song speaks not only to the mixed-race woman but to any woman of color, any Black woman who lives in cultures where white is dominant, or where we are the minority. This song to me acknowledges the journey of a woman living in double consciousness and having to masterfully navigate multiple worlds.

“There’s so much wisdom in each of our bodies if we’re willing to listen to it. This song did its job in healing me. I do believe music is medicine.”: I don’t think it directly addresses colorism. I think what it addresses is any woman who has been marginalized who has had the charge of celebrating herself and owning herself in a space that hasn’t welcomed her.DeBose: Absolutely.

 

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