Black Out Day 2016 Edition
What is Blackout Day?
Originally by Marissa Rei, Nukirk and T'von, Blackout Day is a day where black people come together to celebrate the beauty of blackness. Has your timeline, dashboard or feed ever lacked melanin? Well Blackout Day is the day you see your timelines flooded with beautiful black faces from all spectrums (disabled, sexual identity, religion, age, body shape, size, location and more) on social media platforms whether it be Tumblr (where it originated), Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Blackout Day isn't just one day it's a movement. Also, its not only secluded to selfies of yourself you can post your artwork, music, dance all that good stuff!!
Be sure to tag #blackout or #blackoutday.
Why does Blackout Day matter to you?
Why does Blackout Day matter to you?
"I am beautiful because many non- black people yearn for my skin color by tanning, my hair texture by braiding, my glow with lotions and creams. After years of internalized racism I love every inch of myself and no can take that away from me again. Eurocentric beauty standards can kiss my pro blackness because my blackness matters!!"
- Tanisha (@MindlessFashion/IG: tanishaaxo)
"Hmm...well beauty does not only take part in our appearance but it is planted within us. Beauty comes from many different things in our world. and when I think of black out I also remember that my black is beautiful."
- Jada (@jadajxo)
"Blackout day means it's a day for us to love one another and be aware."
- Khadijzah (@khadijzah)
"Blackout day means it's a day for us to love one another and be aware."
- Khadijzah (@khadijzah)
"What blackout means to me is the importance in all black people coming together and lifting each other up. No matter the shade, all black people are beautiful."
- Rita (@ritajlc)
"To me, blackout day is basically having pride to be black.It's like self- empowerment in a way."
- Kai (@kaidollll)
"Black out day means for me to embrace our beauty and physical features as black people .
We've been taught by society and the media that eurocentric beauty features are the only
beauty standards which is a total lie ."
"To me, blackout day is a time to display self love in the black community. On this day and every other day, I show the world but more importantly myself the beauty, the love, and the pride I have in being black."
- Jamerra (@jah_mira)
"Blackout day means excellence in every shade, curve and coil. It's exemplifying and showing the world how beautiful it is to be black. And a little #blackgirlmagic never disappoints!"
- Timoshanae V. Wellmaker (@timoshanae)
"It means a day to support features and culture of African Americans. But features as in looks, style, everyone brings a different flavor to the game but I feel as African Americans we bring a whole new flavor / steez to the game and on blackout day this is shown thru features and our culture."
- Atari (@Atari_Jones)
"Blackout Day matters to me because if we don't remind ourselves how beautiful we are, we can easily be convinced otherwise. I believe that self love can make a person invincible and every time I post a selfie for blackout day I'm spreading the power of love and strength to everyone around me."
- Aziza (@afrodite_zi )
"Blackout is when us people of the black community can feel even more empowered then we are as a whole. A day just to celebrate black culture & show our beautiful melanin off to the world. The#blackoutday is a day every month where black people from all over can post carefree pictures of themselves and/or their fellow black people."
- Malizah (@MaliyahNaomi)
"Blackout Day matters to me because it really showed me all of the diversity within the black community and it helped me realize that I don't have to fit into a certain set of traits in order to love my blackness. Growing up biracial but being raised by my paternal grandparents in an all black home was hard for me sometimes because I knew I didn't look like everyone else but my blackness was always questioned by outsiders. Blackout day just made me realize I don't have to explain or defend my blackness to anyone, it's who I am and I'm proud of it."
- Lacia (@layseeuh)
"Wow I believe that it's an expression of unconventional black beauty. Blackout day gives those of us within the black community with more Afrocentric features a chance to share/embrace our own beauty as well as others."
- Saradia (@MuvaBuur)
"Blackout matters to me because it's so nice to see all shades of black skin whether it's light or very dark."
- Brandi (@trxvpsoul)
"Blackout Day is super important to me because being the darkest in my immediate family, I always viewed my skin as ugly and undesirable. My surroundings and the media only exposed me to a certain type of beauty; one that involved having light skin and Eurocentric or mixed features. Over time, I realized that my skin was just as beautiful as anyone else's and no longer allowed these stupid expectations and standards we have held over our heads define what beauty is to me. Black women are beautiful, and I'm so proud that my people have come so far and are making important things like this to teach our younger black girls to love themselves and what they have in a world that teaches against it."
-Tina (@sipstina)
"Blackout Day matters to me because its another chance for us to be celebrated and for others to see just how beautiful black is."
- Asha (@kilisharif)
"Blackout matters to me because it's day where we as black people get to show that we don't care about society views about us. We don't need them to say that we are beautiful because we know that we are beautiful!"
- Sabrina (@AlphaSabrina)
"Blackout day is a day that we are reminded we are beautiful thanks to many different features passed down through our sacred gene pool."
- Bria (@BRIABACKWOODS)
"The name is Ninaamour, or Nina. You can call me Rudie. To me, blackoutday is a celebration of blackness and all the different shades, shapes and forms it comes in. A day of online community that inspires pro-blackness and opens our eyes to the vast spectrum that is the black community."
- Nina (@ninaamour)
"Blackout day to me meant recognition towards my beauty and a self-esteem boost which later on became self-confidence and self-love. My blackness radiates within my melanin and is wanted by all."
- Anuoluwapo Azeez (@AnuoIuwapoAzeez)
Afropunk 2015, Unknown. Taken by @AVISKINSWEAT
Afropunk 2015, Unknown. Taken by @AVISKINSWEAT
@gradeint taken by @AVISKINSWEAT
@highkeychildish taken by @AVISKINSWEAT
@fatalitiess taken by @AVISKINSWEAT
"Blackout day is a brilliant way to shine a light on black excellence, to encourage black pride and allow positivity to flow through the media for the black community."
-Damali (@ShushhPlease)
Thank you to all the people that reached out to us to be featured! Happy Blackout!
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