Posted on 09/29/2017 4:47:45 PM PDT by dynachrome
“I’m fat, I’m black, and I’m very visibly Muslim, this is going to make some people angry, and it’s going to empower some,” Vernon told WWJ Newsradio 950’s Zahra Huber.
Vernon had some doubts before making the video, as she knew that she would receive a lot of negative comments. She changed her mind, and decided she wanted to “show people stuff that’s never been done before, by a person who looks like me. I’m going to be super true, super raw, super high-fashioned with it, to basically make you see it,” said Vernon.
She admitted that she lacked self-confidence, even sometimes hated herself, what she looked like and who she was.
But Vernon came to a realization: “Yeah you’re fat, yeah you’re black, and yeah you’re Muslim, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying to live your life. I think that’s what body positivity is about, about living your best life, in your body that you have NOW.”
(Excerpt) Read more at detroit.cbslocal.com ...
Didn’t say she wasn’t pretty.
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