Stop Shaming Black Girls: The Toxic Policing of Black Prom Culture Has Gone Too Far

Essence Magazine:

By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated May 11, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

She better have a college fund.

How did they afford all of that?

I bet they live in the projects.

Her dress, makeup, hair and nails are tacky!

These are the PG-version of comments left on pictures and video content of Black girls headed to their proms. Sadly, the critiques often get much harsher for girls who are merely teenagers. Prom

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