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March 8, 2021 - Epoch Times
10:09
Larry Elder Debunks the Myth Black Women Lack Self-Esteem | Larry Elder
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One of the more bizarre reasons for reparations is the allegation that white people have taught black people to believe that they are inferior.
That whites are more superior than blacks and because of the color of our skin, we'll never make the amount of money that other races make.
And this supposedly has caused black people to suffer a lack of self-esteem.
I'm here to help y'all boost y'all low self-esteem.
So now I know I had done a video that was called, you know, how to have better confidence, how to have more confidence in yourself.
But the thing is that confidence and self-esteem are not really the same things.
Can I make a video about building self-esteem for black girls?
And I was like, yeah!
I literally, I suffered from low self-esteem for so long.
I mean, really.
I mean, it was so easy for someone to come into my life and just knock me off even what little pedestal I was on.
According to the National Report on Self-Esteem, 98% of girls feel that there is an immense pressure from external sources to look a certain way.
In elementary school, a teacher pulled my mom aside to let her know that while I was a good dancer, I would not be allowed in our school's elite dance group because I didn't have a dancer's body.
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One problem with blacks lack self-esteem because of slavery, Jim Crow, and because of white superiority teaching them that they're inferior.
It's not true!
Blacks have real high self-esteem.
The poor academic and economic achievement of black people is often blamed on low self-esteem, the result of discrimination from birth and endless negative stereotypes.
But the most definitive study on the subject now contradicts this belief.
Black teenagers do not have lower self-esteem than whites, but higher.
In an article in the U.S. Journal Psychological Bulletin, an African American psychologist shows that whatever the effects of racism, poor self-esteem is not one of them.
Except for the very young and very rich, blacks have higher self-esteem than their white counterparts, she demonstrates, and have had for years, end of quote.
And the research on this has been consistent for decades.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is a division of the National Institutes of Health.
Large-scale representative surveys of the 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students in the United States show high self-esteem for all groups.
African-American students score highest, whites score slightly higher than Hispanics, and Asians score lowest." And black women have higher self-esteem than do white women.
This is from a survey conducted by Glamour Magazine 2017.
In survey question after survey question, a pattern emerged.
Black women consistently reported higher self-esteem than white or Hispanic women, and among other things, they were far more likely to describe themselves as successful.
44% said so compared with 30% of white women and 21% of Hispanic women.
Black women describe themselves as beautiful, 59% versus 25% of whites, 32% of Hispanic women.
That's consistent with other studies, says an expert, who has examined the effect of race on self-confidence.
Research shows that black women score higher on self-esteem than women of other races and ethnicities, which may seem surprising given the long history of prejudice and discrimination they have faced, she said." Well, if someone's trying to make black women suffer a lack of self-esteem, it ain't working.
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And black women are more pleased with and take more pride in their bodies even though they're more likely to be obese.
Four out of five black women in the U.S. are overweight and more than half of all black women are considered obese.
Yet despite the weight issues, black women still have higher self-esteem than do white women.
Black women also think more positively about themselves and their bodies when they look in the mirror.
56% say, I am proud of the person I am becoming.
47% say, I am happy the way I am.
For white women, those thinkers are 37% and 34% respectively.
The expert continues, growing up, black women are taught you're strong, you're beautiful, you're smart, you're enough, and that mindset is passed down from generation to generation as a defense mechanism against discrimination, says the expert.
The more confident you are, the better equipped you'll be to deal with racism." Again, this is nothing new.
That may also explain why black women celebrated their curves long before body acceptance became a fashionable marketing campaign or empowering hashtag.
In the black community, curves are admired, says a 34-year-old fitness instructor from Dallas.
And a 30-year-old executive director of a non-profit in New York City says, No one's judging you based on your weight or anything else.
My mother instilled in me that I should feel beautiful and confident and be proud of my features because they were passed down by my ancestors." Or as the hyper-confident Kamala Harris puts it, I have in my career been told many times, it's not your time, it's not your turn.
Let me just tell you, I eat no for breakfast.
Oh, and one of those who told Kamala Harris to wait her turn, the former Speaker Assembly here in California, a man named Willie Brown, who held that job for 15 years, he was her mentor, and he's black, which says that the number one obstacle most of us face right now is the person in the mirror.
Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something.
Not even me.
So, black people do not suffer a lack of self-esteem.
Black people do not feel inferior.
Black people are strong.
Black people have overcome.
Black people will continue to grow and continue to overcome.
Well, as you know, we have been demonetized by YouTube, which means we must be doing something right.
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