How to be Authentically American and Elegant.

Personal authenticity is determined on our own.

Why: Many people in the United States are unable to see that Black Americans can be both authentically true to themselves and elegant. Some Black-Americans are unable or unwilling to be both, due to fear of rejection from either side.

What: This article will help readers see that Black-Americans are incredibly intellectual and multi-faceted people with complex intersectional identities.

How: Let’s begin with being authentically true to yourself. The first thing I urge you to do is work from the outside-inward. The following list are important things you need to consider in order to be authentically you. You need to choose these things based on your own interest. Do not worry about what you think others expect of you. Do not worry about what your peers are doing. Sit with yourself alone, and decide what genuinely makes you happy and fills your cup.

Physical Appearance:

Find personal hygiene products that empower you
Find fragrances that enlighten you
Choose clothing that makes you the most confident and proud
Select hairstyles that are the best for your hair’s health and development.
Moisturize and apply sunscreen to your skin
Adorn yourself with jewelry and/or well thought out tattoos

Identify your Interests:

Music Tastes
Movie Genres
Genres of Literature
Favorite Foods
Activities and Hobbies
Styles of Dance
Academic Interests
Career Goals

Everlasting Enhancement:

Religion
Spirituality
Job/ Career Skills
Physical Fitness
Beauty (hair, skin, nail care)
Health & Diet
Personality
Kindness & Generosity
Ability to help grow other beings (Plants, Animals, People)
Education
Romantic & Platonic Relationships
Mental Health
How you react to situations

Elegance

The most wonderful thing about being a human is that we all have similarities, but we each are uniquely different. Now that you’ve identified who you are and what you like to do, we can discuss how to be elegant.

The definition of Elegance is high quality, pleasingly graceful and stylish. I received these definitions from Oxford Language through Google and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

How: As you see, anyone who believes themselves to be of high quality, graceful and stylish are elegant.

Physical Appearance: There are plenty of Social Media Influencers that state they know what is elegant and what is not. I have yet to find one I agree with. Elegance in appearance mainly relies on cleanliness, modesty and poised fashion. If you feel you would be comfortable and respected in front of royalty, chances are you look very elegant.

Interests: Your interests can remain the same and you will still be elegant. However, if your interests include inappropriate topics about violence or abuse of anyone especially of children you are not of high value. Unless you are interested in such topics for the purpose of healing these communities and ending these cycles. Doing good things to help communities heal is very elegant.

Everlasting Enhancements: Everlasting enhancements relate to ongoing methods of self-improvement. Anything you do to enhance your personal or professional development is elegant. It shows you value yourself highly.

Thanks for reading a post by me,

Beeing Bee