I love that you included teeth, body type, and lip size to the featurism conversation! There are so many layers to beauty 😍 Great video EU!! 🫶🏽✨❤️

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Yes because I never thought about the whole lip thing until someone else mentioned it . And don’t even get me started on teeth !

I’m so happy you’re making videos about this. I’m a light skinned black girl who benefits from colorism/texturism and because of this, I always felt insecure about having a big nose. I felt like I was “supposed” to have a small nose because of my skin color. Recently I’ve embraced it more, but it’s challenging because I’ve always desired a smaller nose.

@jordyn.24

4 ай бұрын

This is also why I like celebrities like Saweetie/Rihanna, they have (some) features similar to mine and I feel like they remind me of myself. My brother also compares me to Cardi B.

@jaywalker2179

2 ай бұрын

Girl me too omg

@nikicarrie4071

2 ай бұрын

Dont change it its pretty

Yup small nose is definitely considered best by many people. I have a big nose. I've always admired small noses. Edit : I do love myself and my features overall. Like everyone else, I have my moments. And I do practice self-care every single day

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

And don’t worry because there are lots of women with broad features who are considered gorgeous I listed them in the video and I even made a video about it a couple years ago. I will not allow myself to have internalized anti blackness when it comes to features. I believe any ethnic features can be beautiful. That’s also why I do not promote the golden ratio on this channel because the deeper you get into it the more it “prefers” women like Bella hadid over women like Beyoncé for example .

@night2102

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤​@@ExoticalsUnited

@yasminogbu8929

4 ай бұрын

I love big noses.. especially with big lips 👄 ❤️

@user-dn7xz9ug7d

4 ай бұрын

Please please please learn to love your nose luv ❤❤

@night2102

4 ай бұрын

@@user-dn7xz9ug7d ♥️♥️♥️ thank you. I do love me though. I have my days. But overall I do love myself.

I think adding body type to the discussion is brilliant I think the ideal body type in the black community for mixed women is curvy like ice spice type

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Omg yes! Because I got made fun of when I was at a healthy or fit weight . Basically it was because my butt and boobs were not big enough anymore

@Its.giselle234

4 ай бұрын

They constant bully skinny girls and make horrible comments but dont say anything if you have a hige behind

@SandraBridges-qo3gb

4 ай бұрын

​@ExoticalsUnited same here

This featurism thing used to be a MAJOR source of insecurity for me when I was younger. I fully internalized the more Eurocentric features that were universally praised and definitely pedestalized in the black community and therefore did not think I was pretty bc my features are more broad. Even tho ppl would always tell me I was pretty I had a very hard time believing them bc of my own internalized featurism.

@camilafoglia7345

4 ай бұрын

I also internalized the "european features " thing! So I completely relate! I have a broad nose and now I'm learning to detach from this mentality, I take pictures and everything, I am healing ❤

@SandraBridges-qo3gb

4 ай бұрын

Same here ​@@camilafoglia7345

@dearbrave4183

4 ай бұрын

​@@camilafoglia7345i'm happy for you! 😊 EU is creating a movement of badass beauties💪🏼💅🏼❤️

I’m so happy you’ve created this channel. You speak on important concepts that touch the black community to its core. This is coming from a very unambiguous black woman.

I have been *othered* because of my small straigth nose, medium-sized lips, thick eyebrows and caramel skin. My doe eyes are also common among different ethnicities. Some Indians thought I was one of them when my natural hair was slicked back. When my parents and I recently visited Zambia, Africa, they knew we are foreigners and Russians living there thought we were Egyptians or Horn Africans (we are cubans). My face is smal and I've always had long highly densed type 4a hair (with some 3c sections) since I was a child. My mom always took care of it until I learned from the natural hair movement, online, at 13.

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Yea I’ve seen a lot of women with doe eyes get mistaken for Filipina depending on how their eyes are tilted

@lester2588

4 ай бұрын

Cuba in the house!!! 🇨🇺❤️

@Sunshine_Hime

4 ай бұрын

@@lester2588 😎🇨🇺

I noticed a lot, especially as a kid and young teen, I was also told I looked Asian due to my eye shape. Never thought much of it, though. This channel is so eye opening. I’m glad I discovered it. I love when you post videos. I enjoy watching them. I even workout while listening to your videos.

I’ve been called LILO because of my nose so honestly it’s one of my insecurities 😅

@MoreSand12

4 ай бұрын

Reminded them that Lilo knows how to fight 😂 J/k

@colochossalvajes

4 ай бұрын

@@MoreSand12 😂😂😂oh no worries I did

I love that you touched on the lesser mentioned things about featurism. My freckles (that are actually moles) and my tall, thin body type has always made my othered by UABW. There are other features ppl have mentioned as well but those two have been major for me.

This is so crazy because UABW would make fun of my nose and call me Cindy Lou from The Grinch because my nose looked like hers! I never found this an insult because I thought she was just adorable! So interesting to me Also people have called me fish lips when I was younger ! Because of how full they are and it use to get to me 🥺❤️

Yea this is true. I’m black from the Caribbean and I’ve been othered my whole life. I have a long pointy nose and small pouty lips. I’ve heard comments on my nose, lips, even eyes and sideburns.

Omg I’ve experienced so many insults from uabw about my features. I have large upturned eyes and have been called “chinky”. I have a button nose and have been asked where I got my nose done. I have freckles and they’ve told me they’re going to erase my “spots”. I’ve been told my chin is “too boney”. It never ends but I’ve learned to love myself over time and wouldn’t change my features for anyone.

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Omg are we twins because I have the same features ! I’ve been called “chinky” as well and I have had women try to “wipe off” my freckles 🙄 it got so annoying that I stopped wearing eyeliner . But recently I decided I’m going to start wearing eyeliner again as one of my self love hobbies and to embrace my eye shape !

@heyyyyyy2546

4 ай бұрын

Erase your spots? That sounds so threatening! The way UABP are ready to cause harm at any given time is why I stay away from them.

@LosAngelesLaura

4 ай бұрын

The way I would literally DIE for these gorgeous features!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@PrettyWorldwideOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Wow same here down to the freckles lol! Sometimes Asians ask me if I'm a Blasian or Filipino. This BM at my job randomly told me "You have the nose the Jackson's paid for" then walked away. After that he started calling me "Jackson 5" whenever he saw me. I wasn't mad at it 🤣💕

@PrettyWorldwideOfficial

4 ай бұрын

You definitely should! Eyeliner looks so good on our eye shape!! 😍 I want to get better at it so I can do foxy eyes or siren eyes. @@ExoticalsUnited

other features i’ve noticed others pedastalized or show up more in mixed raced people are: 1. if you’ve ever noticed Disney Pocahontas’s lips and how they are full, but they sit on her face as opposed to kind of stick out, i’ve noticed big lips with more of that bow shape are pedastalized 2. face shape. a lot of mixed people have the smaller chin that you mentioned but also a more defined jaw and higher set cheekbones. i’ve noticed a lot of uab ppl have a less defined face shape and the features will take up most of their face vs smaller features in the middle of a wider set face shape which is more pedastalized. i’ve also noticed a lot of uab ppl having more lower set cheek bones. 3. noses. i honestly feel like nose size isn’t the make or break feature in comparison to the barbie shape you mentioned or just having a longer defined nose bridge and smaller/hooked/or less noticeable nostils and usually a more defined tip. 4. facial development. i feel like i’ve noticed just having good dental facial development is pedastalized in all communities, same with facial neoteny, sexual dimorphism, and the pixie/fairy✨ features you mentioned, which plays into a lot of these tbh studying facial growth, features, and beauty is one of my hobbies and i’ve honestly noticed a few more little details but i’m going to keep it short 😭

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Yes ! I didn’t know what word to use for facial shape but I’ve noticed any sort of “non African” facial shape grants exoticism in the black community. For example the “indigenous” face shape (idk what else to call it) but lovely bryana is an example . She looks very Afro indigenous to me. In fact she looks exactly like a real life pochahantas in my opinion.

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Omg and you’re right I should’ve mentioned nostrils because I have a whole theory on nostrils as well

@angelface333

4 ай бұрын

@@ExoticalsUnited yes! exactly, she’s so beautiful and def has the face shape i was talking about. i was personally thinking about someone like goldenbih, who’s blasian, and has the more wider defined face shape a lot of asian ppl are known for

@angelface333

4 ай бұрын

@@thispersonrighthere9024 i didn’t realize there was a name for it! that is something i’ve seen.

I'm an unambiguous bw (love your channel btw) and I've been asked if I was mixed because of my small and east Asian looking eyes and my small skinny body. Even though I'm full black and 4c hair. If I straightened my hair I'd look more Blasian.

@katie-mz6si

3 ай бұрын

If people think you're mixed then you're probably not unambiguous😭

I love this discussion on featurism. I have notice this, especially with body type. I have received the same comments as you have regarding my lips. Thank you for this video.

9:34 yes! Ah body type featuring - great add! That must be why UABP say “well you look black but you’re different ” 🤭 or wonder where I’m from - I’m 5’8”, am an athlete but very slender, with long lanky arms and legs (no calves haha) and a small chest and waist. Such a great video!!! Thank you

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

yes no one talks about body type!

I am a black girl with small features. I am often asked if I am from Rwanda or if I am east african when I am west african. I've been told my features are same as white people. I find it weird honestly. People tell me I am pretty or a pretty black girl. I definitely benefit from featurism. My mom is biracial and father black. Does that make me a mixed black girl? I guess so

I’m glad I found your channel. These nuanced conversations are much needed. I have a MLS dad and a UABW mom. It can be hard to describe the type of othering you experience when people perceive you to be mixed race based on your features.

Some people can feel like they are ugly if they only one look pedestalized/being shown as what's considered beautiful❤

I’ve been asked if I’m B£lizean, Pañamani@n, D0minican, Br@zilian or from the Caribbe@n. And it’s not just UABP who’ve asked me this, it’s Latin0s too. When I tell them I’m not mixed they tell me I’m too pretty to just be Bl@ck. I - 😑

@adalheidisofadamahcaptaino18

4 ай бұрын

Ethnic prejudice is wild.

My mom has always had a tiny little Barbie doll nose many people have asked where she got it done. I got my dad's more bulbous Native American-looking nose. I hate that features are a trend!

CELEBRATING YOU, EU, ON 17k!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I think body frame is important to include as an aspect of featurism, but i would say it treads closer to the obsession with youth rather than racially nuanced aesthetic preferences.

@drecool85

4 ай бұрын

Definitely. Features that look more European (bridge nose ), and childlike / youthful (button nose & pouty lips) are going to be pedestalized

I’ve been told I look like Michelle Obama, Whoopi Goldberg and Tiny 😅😅😅

@kayabe856

4 ай бұрын

Who all look nothing alike. People are ridiculous

@AnAdorableWombat1

2 ай бұрын

You look nothing like Whoopi or Michelle Obama. They were being disingenuous and lying.

Loving the channel ❤

I'm mixed b&w. I have light eyes mostly green, medium nose and medium lips. I just get told I look like any light skinned/light eyed or mixed celebrity to ever exist lol but I notice depending on my hair and makeup people sometimes think I'm from different backgrounds especially when I was alot smaller body weight.

Porsha Williams from real housewives of Atlanta is another perfect example of keen features, but I think she’s a unambiguous “regular black woman”. But people call her beautiful all the time and she is, but it’s definitely her features. And her lighter skin mom looks mixed with something, nobody has talked about it but she definitely looks mixed

@kameronalexander5245

4 ай бұрын

She definitely had some work. However very pretty

@PurpleGalaxies123

4 ай бұрын

Porsha Williams has gotten her nose and body done.

@marleythomas3414

4 ай бұрын

Same thing with Amara La Negra

@ChristenAlysia

4 ай бұрын

@@PurpleGalaxies123 oh I can’t tell, her nose don’t really look different to me, it always looked kind of smaller/keen to me. But even if she did get it done, unambiguous black women still say she’s the prettiest, but that’s cuz of them keen features. The black women that they say are the prettiest be like that

@ChristenAlysia

4 ай бұрын

@@marleythomas3414 right, they definitely wouldn’t call Amara real pretty without those features, especially being darker skinned. And another thing because she’s an Afro Latina, unambiguous black women clearly still see her as better than a non Latina dark skin women smh. They the real colorist. And they only claim her as black because she’s dark skin, but don’t wanna claim cardi b and Joseline because they’re lighter skinned, but they still the same as Amara smh, just different skin tone.

Definitely get othered for having hazel eyes. And "Indian" (Native American) nose. And freckles.

Pls do more featurism

Pretty much the only black feature i have is my skin and hair texture(3C). I always got made fun of growing up for having thin lips, a pig nose, and big eyes. My eyes are big and shaped similar to those with south asian ancestry. They also light brown. I have freckles. And i have light brown hair that turns blonde in the summer or with heat. I’ve been dying my hair black the past 2 years but still get othered. I get told i look Indian or Sri lankin constantly

I've been observing the (ridiculously) heated back and forth over Golden Age Hollywood actress Dona Drake, who managed to pass as Hispanic in her mostly 1940's films on the part of typically UDSBM/BW of the B1 variety; this "gatekeeping" is past out of control.

Thanks for this video! I am a light skin woman who is curvy. I have thick hair , thin lips and a wide nose. You are so right when it comes to black people making fun of featured noses. I have plenty of people pick at my features. The jealousy is real. Now let’s talk about how some Hispanic women also envy us women

@indigenousti9034

4 ай бұрын

You've got to be a tr0ll...

@indigenousti9034

4 ай бұрын

You've got to be a tr0lling. You a bot account. I'm hispanic and not jealous of my fellow non-hispanic exoticals

@SandraBridges-qo3gb

4 ай бұрын

Yeah people have a problem with their noses and the praise smaller noses because it's more closer to White eurocentric standards

@SandraBridges-qo3gb

4 ай бұрын

Sadly

@dontmesswred_9108

4 ай бұрын

tiffanybank5485 you've gotta be a tr0ll account. What's up with your profile pic? Is that you?

Jorja smith has very slim features and a small nose! I don't consider her to have unambiguous features like Ella Mai and Saweetie (all equally beautiful ladies, by the way!)

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

I agree . Same with latto. I think it’s their wider jaw area that reminds me of African Americans and people keep picking up on that and saying they have broad features . Maybe I will do a video about bone structure one of these days

@sashaedwards3745

4 ай бұрын

@ExoticalsUnited ohh I see! That's a really interesting observation from that point of view. I never really thought about it in that way, I'd definitely be interested in hearing your perspective in your next video 😊

I WAS LITERALLY WONDERING WHEN YOU WOULD MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS OMG 🩷✨

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Yes I wanna talk more about this !

12:28 unrelated but finding out that Alexandra is my cousin was actually pretty cool bcs I didn’t even know until 2 years ago! I used to be a bit insecure about that bcs I thought I should have her smaller features but I don’t. I still kinda feel that way because of my more bulbous nose. I just need to look at more people with my features. 😭

The only people who see me as an East African are the people who come from countries in the region or have lived there. And I get it, it's easy to recognize someone when they have familiar traits with what you've seen. Anyone else (black and white people especially) usually tells me that I can't be anything other than mixed because of my features, my body type, and my hair texture. It was funny when I was young sometimes, it's exhausting to be a topic of conversation (most of the time in a negative way) because I have a different appearance than the "stereotype" of a black woman. Ps: I also had rude comments about looking like a starving Somali who didn't receive their rice portion and I am sorry that you got this comment too 😤☹️ Thank you for making me feel at ease about looking different ❤

Body type thing is def true.

im a new subscriber!! and i agree with this. also, you put a picture of Tyla in the beginning, but where she lives, she is not considered 'black' (they have different racial categories in S Africa) so i don't think she counts if that makes sense

love your videos keep going

Halle is beautiful

Im a mgm caramel skinned with a UADS dad and a MLS yellow/red mom and she has a broad nose that looks like Rihanna but since im a male my nose just looks bigger and everyone on my moms side has smaller noses than me so i have been insecure about that too

I love big lips. Big eyes. I like small round nose. Button rose nose.

The world also don't penalize lights in a woman with actual big noses. On popular opinion, go on his nose is no longer big it used to be but she got surgery

Funny thing is I have small nose button nose but I also have very very small lips as well so my lips almost same size of my nose haha not sure if that is considered benefitting featurism but I still really really like my features

They eyebrow thing 😩 I remember someone saying I was a guys type only because I had side burns 💀 essential being hairy means you have “good hair”

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Wow! 😂

Hey EU your last video isn't there anymore? What happened?

I’ve been othered for my eyes, people always asked if I’m mixed with Asian and I was teased by being asked if I was awake or sleeping 🤦🏽‍♀️

@shaynaboyd225

4 ай бұрын

OMG the way ppl would always say "Open your eyes" when I take pictures or say "Why do you always look half sleep?" smh

I love a big beautiful nose lol

Does being an Exotical makes your life more difficult than a one race person i.e. just black or white?

@ExoticalsUnited

2 ай бұрын

Hmm I wouldn’t say so if I had to base it on what I’ve seen women complaining about online. It seems like a common theme amongst the women on here is having people “other” us, mistrust us, or show jealousy and rivalry due to the perceived privileges others think we have

I have a flat wide nose i really wished i had a small one🙏maybe one day

I don’t really comment on videos as much although you raised some good talking points some of them I really agree with. I think the notification of looking at featurism as some race groups have an advantage over others is more so important in Hollywood as opposed to real life. Beauty in Hollywood matters. Eurocentric features are favoured a lot more in that space compared to non- Eurocentric features. The women who look “closer to white” or “exotic” make make more money than those who don’t. That’s just the standard of beauty in that space. In real life, I don’t think featurism matters heck I didn’t even know the word existed until a couple of years back I think it’s a term that UABW have created to project there insecurities to others as well as the term colourism. I personally think it’s a myth. In real life if we look at the statistics in the UK (which is where I live) the race group that is actually benefiting economically, socially and educationally aren’t actually “mixed race people” it’s Asians particularly from Chinese and Indian descent. I think that’s a similar stance in America - you can correct me if I am wrong. It’s gotten to the point here now in the Uk they are outdoing white (indigenous) people in the Isles. Horn Africans aren’t the most successful community here in the Uk and Europe by in Large. Although we regard them to be “conventionally beautiful” in the black community. Most of them in the UK live in social housing in the roughest neighbourhoods. I think UABW are fighting the wrong people we should be pushing to be more like Asians there are successful in everything they have a strong community and very good values and morals. Crying about who has a better nose and curlier hair is ridiculous and a waste of time if you ask me.

@adalheidisofadamahcaptaino18

4 ай бұрын

Featurism is under desirability politics, it is not about class, same with colourism. Basically, you get more positive interactions from a significant set of people but it is not very significant beyond, so low impact on class mobility. Many things in life are privileges, getting nitty gritty is just smoke in the eyes so you do not focus on the billionaires funding wars and feeding into making persons impoverished.

On twitter yrs ago people were calling LisaRaye colorist and they said she was only considered beautiful because she was light with light eyes, then a Black man photoshopped her dark and everyone agreed she was still beautiful. They did it to Rihanna too because they tried to say she wasn't pretty either.

BP tell me I’ve a Michael Jackson-his plastic surgery nose. I’ve my father’s french nez. 👃

@ExoticalsUnited

4 ай бұрын

Omg I’ve been told I look like micheal Jackson before too 😂😂😂 I think it was because of my hair and skin combo, my hair can look like a Jheri curl or something but I do not actually look like Michael Jackson and I am not that pale

I have thick Smokey Robinson eyebrows random black people will walk up to me and say you have catapillar eyebrows.

@LosAngelesLaura

4 ай бұрын

I could NEVER imagine walking up to someone with this nonsense!!!!!!!!!! I’m so sorry you get this treatment! Stay pretty and proud!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Its.giselle234

4 ай бұрын

But yet they using brow pomade to get the same look. *eyeroll*

❤

Resume : caucasian features , with or without surgery.

I remember seeing this twitter thread basically it was this guy (not trying to be disrespectful I guess but he was a black male who was trying to appear as a woman…anyway) basically there’s this dark skin KZreadr she’s African she has a small button nose not usual “African” looking features and basically was acting like a jealous male (as usual) calling her features Eurocentric,African people are one of the most diverse people meaning we can have ANY FEATURE as a darskin girl my nose isn’t a typical flat or big nose it is what it is,but featurism (I can’t spell💀) is a b,especially when people act jealous all the time.