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University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 7, 1992
Workshop addresses Black women
By Shelly Solon
Kansan staff writer
Identification is the key to African-American women's self-esteem, said Barbara Ballard last night in a program for Black History Month.
"When there are people around you can identify with, you're more comfortable," Ballard said. "For so long, Black women couldn't feel comfortable with what was going on around them. If you're always uncomfortable, it's hard to like and accept yourself."
Ballardledactivitiesandlecturedto
about 18 people in the workshop.
"Black Women: Reflections on Self-Image."
She gave advice on how to increase self-image and take pride in oneself.
"The analogy I give to people is what if every class you took, all the professors were men," she said. "Women would still learn and do their work, but they probably wouldn't be able to identify as well as they could with a female professor. When you can identify with what's going on, you're going to feel better about yourself."
The problem with African-American women feeling uncomfortable and
unhappy with themselves is that it often results in their talent going to waste, Ballard said.
One issue that Ballard said often contributed to African-American women's negative self-image was the concept of beauty.
"Allthough self-image isn't based on beauty, it does do with how people react to you," she said. "Everything tells you that light is beautiful. The failure of having cosmetics for women of color for so many years (showed) that people took for granted that women of color had no beauty to enhance."
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