The Thinker

"The Thinker" is inspired by the original bronze sculpture "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin. This painting deals with what black girls think about at the most basic level: the journey to be beautiful and accepted. For many women of color, this journey begins at a young age when they are bombarded with media images encouraging them to seek a European standard of beauty. It's a journey filled with feelings of inadequacy and an obligation to appear to be something other than themselves. For the darker women of color, it's a journey that finds them lost, confused, and hurting the most. (The Souls of Black Girls - Transcript)