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Debra Dickerson once again is given free range to hate other black women, under the guise of sanctimoniously knowing what's best. Fortunately I'm used to her MO and knew to stop reading once I hit this line:
Fetishizing large rumps ... is, of course, no better or worse than fetishizing plastic blimp-breasts, except that the latter could be considered safer.
So a naturally large rear is "no better" than a sack of toxic chemicals inserted into the body via an invasive surgical procedure that damages tissues and deadens nerves? Indeed, in Debra's mirror universe, expensive mutilation is to be preferred over natural gifts, since she actually has the effrontery to call it "safer".
I'm truly at a loss as to why a progressive publication continues to allot space to this hateful creature. I can only imagine that she has become "The Black Paglia", a ranting hypocrite with some distant credibility who is retained because they generate so many letters (which equal page views, ergo ad dollars).
