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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [QB] [IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/351/1/d/miss_independent_by_brandonspilcher-d5obzvr.jpg[/IMG] I call this "Miss Independent" after the Ne-Yo song which made it come to mind. As people following me on DeviantArt and tumblr almost certainly know by now, I have recently gone on a female Pharaoh kick in art and writing. Now I wish to articulate why I love that concept so much. The idea of a beautiful and elegant African lady as the matriarch of antiquity’s most prosperous and powerful civilizations inspires me because it presents a much more uplifting and respectful image of African women than we usually get to see. Way too often in Western culture, black women are perceived as pitiful “mules of the world” at the very best, if they aren’t slandered as repulsively unfeminine and undesirable. In the rare instance when a black woman is cast in a sexy or romantic role, she is typically lighter-skinned or otherwise more European in appearance. The female Pharaoh archetype is the polar opposite of all those racist images, which is a major reason why I draw her so much. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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