#40 That would problably happen in every continent that you go to, except for AFrica, i used to live in Japan and Korea, and they used to always look and point, and try to touch our hair, because they’re aren’t used to seeing people who look like us. My bf was recently in Japan too and he was annoyed because they kept trying to touch is hair too. lol

I do have one question for Judah, #132. What point are you exactly trying to make by pointing out Amos 7:17? How does Amos 7:17 support your claim of black women being the number one whore in the “world”? I understand that you do not have to explain. I am interested in any commentary*

wow i never knew about this tanks for posting this. We as black women should rise to the occasion and stop degrading ourselves for money, car or for the spotight. All those are vanity and canot replace our pride.

I think we as black women need to visit the my space page of all these so called video vixens and post links to this story. We should begin an email campaign to let them know that THEY are denergrating the achievements of all the black women doctors, lawyers, techers, entrepreneurs, real models, ect. all over the world.

This should have been on this site a LONG TIME AGO….but better now than ever.

I remember reading her story several years ago, it made me cringe even more at the disgusting behavior of our young black women who continuously disgrace themselves and their ancestors by posing on such magazines as “Smooth” etc.

interesting post!!! learning more about black history is always good.

Thank you for this Post Concrete Loop. You site is educational as well as entertaining…Keep ‘em coming!!!

Thanks Loop.

Black History Spotlights have become a regular feature on Concrete Loop; look forward to a new one each and every Thursday.

Peace and blessings,
J. Dakar

OMG SCARY LAWD HAVE MERCY!

This is a powerful message. Only if the women who are degrading themselves will get the message. I am a 23 year old black beautiful women. I have the big hips, big butt, and flat stomach too. However, my parents taught me a long time ago that I am better than that. They taught me about the modern day slavery etc… and I appreciate them for that.
I will not sit here and judge any person based on what they do, because I don’t walk in their shoes. Now, of course their reasons probably will not justify what they are doing, but Who Are We To Judge??? The devil is alive…..

Wow, such a tragic story. I’ve never known of Ms. Baartman. Thanks to the Loop for posting this. I emailed it to others.

Thank you, CL, for this excellent expose! I’m hoping this will lead us to action.

Since we are talking about woman and exploitation, I want to add my two cents: Regardeing video vixens (or as they have more commonly known as, “video hos”) , strippers, and other professions that employ the use of women’s bodies, people will treat you the way you allow them to treat you. If a woman reduces her body to that of a money-maker, don’t be surprised if men treat you with disrespect like you are only a piece of tail. There are so many men who deduce women to sexual objects. Our bodies are their playground, and many of us allow this. We are flattered when a man gawks at our bodies (I’m not just speaking of just black women, but women of all races) because it makes many of us feel attractive, wanted, and desired. There is nothing wrong with women attracting men, but please make sure that his intentions are just more that a hit and conquest.

Anyway, I digressed. This was an excellent post and very informative. Again, thanks CL!

There is also a historical novel called, “The Hottentot Venus” by Barbara Chase - Reboud.

There actually are a number of historical novels about her….

I read it about 3 years ago and it left me as shaken as this video… we need to get it together! How many times are these calls to shape up going to be shouted and NEVER followed up on??

Get the book, it’s an excellent read.

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they killed indians to the point where they were forced indian people to sign treaties…i been in many native american classes and never heard that bullshit told once..i’m native american…READ A FUCKIN BOOK!!!!

anyways what happened to this women was real sad….i apologize to those without the ignorant comments for me being angry…i just dont like it when people deny a genocide on a whole race of people like that…

oh and i dont like the idea that this was a ‘dumb’ woman either…we never went through those times so we dont know how it was like…why was she an alcoholic??? u know?

THANKS 4 POSTING A BLOG THAT CAN REALLY HELP THE BLACK COMMUNITY!!!

We just read an article about Saartije Baartman in our required African Diaspora in the World class. Seeing this posted on a celebrity gossip blog, makes me appreciate having the HBCU experience and reinforces my belief that Spelman College is the best place for me.

Wow…I had no idea about this…keep up the good work CL. I am glad that her remains were returned to her homeland. May she rest in peace.

I READ A SMALL PIECE MRS.BAARTMAN? YEARS AGO! WAS PISSED OFF THEN, BUT READING MORE ABOUT IT NOW MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL! ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! MAKES ME LOOK AT THD WORD HOT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIGHT ! THE STORY THAT I READ BÈFORE STATED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF SIR MIX A LOTS”BABY GOT BACK” WAS IN RÈFERENCE TO THIS SISTER.WOW JUST TO THINK OF THE HORRORS THAT THAT SISTER WENT THROUGH . I HAVE MEMORIES OF WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL WITH A BIG BEHIND AND DIDN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY I GOT SOOO MUCH ATTENTIÓN

Wow, thanks for posting this! This is a piece of black history I was not aware of. It’s shameful how we’ve been treated over the years by our “fellow man.” And to think, the Willie Lynch letters brainwashed us in such a way that now we degrade, demean and embarrass ourselves without any prompting. Lord, have mercy!

THIS IS VERY SAD & WHAT IS REALLY SAD IS THAT I NEVER HEARD OF THIS WOMEN BEFORE UNTIL TODAY & I’M BLACK. YET WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL I WAS GETTING TAUGHT STUFF LIKE EVOLUTION, LIKE HOW WE CAME FROM APES AND WHAT NOT & THE TEACHER WHO WAS TEACHING ME THIS, WAS OF COURSE BLACK. I MUST SAY TO MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THE VIDEO VIXENS & SINGERS LIKE BEYONCE, IF YOU DO NOT WATCH THEIR VIDEOS, BUY A MAGAZINE WITH THEM ON IT, OR PURCHASE A CD FROM A SINGER LIKE BEYONCE OR A RAPPER WHO CHOOSES TO HONOR THESE IMAGES THEN YOUR JUST AS GUILTY FOR EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS DEGRATING ABOUT THESE CELEBRITY’S, YOU HAVE BECOME THAT VERY SAME THING, YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT BECAUSE YOU JOIN IN ON IT. I CANNOT COUNT WHEN EVER I COME TO THIS SITE HOW MANY PEOPLE COMMENT ON BEYONCE & OTHER CELEBRITY’S LIKE HER, ITS A SHAME FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON HERE POINTING PEOPLE OUT THAT YOU PROBABLY SUPPORT. BUT UNLIKE THESE WASHED UP INDUSTRY FEMALES SAARTJIE DID NOT ASK FOR THIS & I FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE WATCHED THIS VIDEO BEING A BLACK FEMALE.

WOW!!! J. Dakar, this really was informative. I never heard of her until tonight. Thanks so much for keeping us in the loop.

Keep up the good work CL!! You all are the best!!

I learned about her in my Black History class two years ago at UNT.. Its crazy just think about Josphine Baker wearing the bananas back in Paris that Beyonce re did for the CBS fashion show a couple of years ago.

This just shook me up!

People will only do what you allow them to do to you. I feel like it starts at home. These video vixens probably guided themselves through life. I can’t imagine them having a respectable mother, grandmother, aunt, etc in their lives to teach them self respect and morals. Most of these women have been caught up in those “flashing lights”.

Wow as I am going through the comments and reading them I am also watching Larry King. One guest on the show is praising Client 9 Kristin whatever as she has sells her body for a living and is a whore. He being a white male does not see her as a hoe he says she beautiful and I hope she becomes a star. SMH The news coverage on this broad has been like coverage on Anna Nicole Smith… SMH

I learned about her a long time ago and since then I have felt the responsibility of telling everyone about her. I feel strongly that the aurthur of this paticuar video was not only trying to educate us about her, but also if you looked just a little deeper, she reminds us that slavery and racism is very much alive today. We may not have lynching and burning of crosses in front of our doors, but what is happening today is working probably a little better than ever before. We are hated by others, and yet they’ve also taught us to hate ourselves. We discriminate and kill our very own people at an alarming rate. Yet, we are at the very bottom of the list no matter what part of the world you live in. We have been so stero-typed for so long that most of us have fallen for it too and don’t even realize it. Take for instance, your lovely video ladies. Notice how most are light-skin with European features. Who’s standard of beauty is this? When alot of these black artist have mothers who look nothing like that? Wasn’t Mom and Grandma beautiful too?Now they say a “Light-skin brother is out of style”. What is up with that? We are beautiful no matter what!!! But this slave mentality is tearing our asses up. So you say the women are willing participants? Look at the price they pay. Or on a better note, the price WE have to pay with them.I don’t know Buffy, but I would be willing to bet that good ole slave mentality brought her into this profession.As it does many of our people. I wonder has anyone ever encourged her that she could make millions in a profession that is more dignified? Not judging her but I wonder, that’s all. I’ve heard that if you knew better, you would do better. But that seems to go straight out of the window if you are dealing with a slave mentality. Education such as this is a must or things will never get better for us. Speaking of education. I am proud to say that there are more black women graduating from college than black men. I believe the ratio is 4 to 1. And they are also leading with jobs in the corpoorate world. Although, this is still a major concern it comforts me after viewing this video on another black queen like Ms. Baartman.

i read about her on the internet a bout 2 years ago and it was sad. the person who signed for her to go to paris regretted his decision because he knew later what the intentions of the white man were. it also claimed she died a penniless alcoholic. the rest of the story was not included. i never knew she was put on display after death. that is sick. as i listened to the woman tell sara’s story and aftetward have a slidshow, i saw one picture of a slave with horrible scars on her back from many beatings. ironicly this same photo is on my wall in my bedroom as i type this. my husband got it out of one of my books called “slave narratives” which is true stories told to an interviewer by former slaves. this picture is in the book. we are now degarding each other for a dollar. it sounds great and dandy when we see black women with money who got it from degrading themselves. we think the money will compensate for self hatred. we learned how to disrespect and degrade ourselves from white people. now the cycle keeps going. we can’t blame white america anymore. black men constantly disrespect black women on a daily basis. black women disrespect each other as well. we also condone this behavior. we blame the black man’s shortcomings on the black woman and that is why black men will not “man” up. i once heard a man say american men do not respect their women so why should we foreign men respect them?? sad but a true comment.

I believe that the word Hottie has its orgin with the description Hottentot..you know the saddest part of this is that people still refuse to accept people of color as equals…

The word “hottie” has it’s orgins in hottenhot…the saddest part is that people still to this day think of people of color as less than human….

I’ve heard of Ms Baartman before..I was researching the african-american woman’s struggles through slavery..and link to her history came up. I was moved then..and I was moved again just now. This story is a very important one that needed to be shared. keep up the GREAT work CL!

i cried when i saw this video i am still in shock…I just can’t not believe this….wow..I am glad that J. had posted this post so i can me more aware of black American history. thanks

THIS WAS FABULOUS! I AM SO INTRIGUED BY HER STORY AND THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED! THE NARRATOR WAS SO GOOD! I WILL PASS THIS ON!

PEACE!

WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO! I LOVE THAT SOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DÏGGÍN DÊÈP ON THÍS PAINFUL PART OF OUR EXÎSTENCE . OUR SISTER SAARTJE MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST BÜT SHE DAMN SURE WASN’T THE LAST! AS A YOUNG KID I HAD BIG DREAMS OF GOING TO HOLLYWOOD AND BECOMING A “STAR”(A SINGER&ACTRESS W/MÓRALS) LIKE A FEW OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE. ÎSH! GOD KNOWS AND KNEW BEST!! MEN OFTEN HOUND ME TO BE AN EXOTIC DANCER ETC…..DAYTONA BEACH& MIAMÎ USED TO BE MURDER FOR ME! WOW! THIS TOPIC EVOKES SO MUCH FROM WITHIN!!

People talk about “video vixens” and how black women are being protrayed in hip hop videos….as with drugs, porn, food and a kazillion other things..SUPPLY and DEMAND!!!…If these dumb azz braods would stop with the “booty shots” and all this other foolishness then “they” the men (boys) would’nt be able to exploit women for their own personal gain…It takes to to tango!!!

i just finally got to watch this video thats really sad :(. its real in humane how BlCK americans get treated especially women and then tossed around like there nothing, especially back in those times, that day & age

Yay conreteloop for this expose. This is an essential story to African history and African American history and sets the foundation for contemporary perceptions of the black woman and their bodies.

Gives me the chills.

absolutely disgusting!! This post is much appreciated, but made me angry @ the white man….my how times have (or haven’t) changed…

So glad you posted this. I always make references to her when talking about images of Black women today.

This is the first I heard of this and I am shocked and amazed at the things that people can do to one another. I hate that some of these videos have to exploit black women the way that they do.

Big Props to you CL for these informational blogs. Keep ‘em comin’. I hope that you don’t stop doing this. I love this.

I saw this some time ago… I hope she haunts whomever put her on display like that!

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I seen this a few weeks prior. And I must say this is the type of thing they don’t teach you in school nor BET. Now we all know where “Freak Nic” got it’s name.

I seem to remeber hearing about similar remains of a young african teenage girls genitalia at our Smithsonian Museum. Can anybody verify that for me?

DEEP…

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I’ll will not forget Sarah Bartmann. Thanks for posting this. DON”T FORGET TO VOTE OBAMA EVERYONE!!

Please inform the blogger “Dame” This was by any means was to be “Cute” What world is that person on, A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE .