“I guess we’re kind of making history with what we’re doing,” Lewis said. Many of the individual event names were inspired by “key black enthusiasts and black culture,” he said. Muenfua Lewis, senior in finance and BSU president, said he believes the idea to host a week of events based on the phrase “My Black is Beautiful” is original to K-State. It’s getting rid of those stereotypes and stigmas that we have on each other every single day.” “It’s not that we should put each other down. “It’s explaining that black beauty is everything that we should celebrate,” Smith said.
Between hosting events each evening at different locations around campus, presenting videos, conducting activities and holding discussions, everything centered around the campaign’s ideas and the Twitter tag #BlackToTheRoots.Īlexandria Smith, junior in marketing and BSU member on the My Black is Beautiful Week planning committee, said the event was the organization’s way of “celebrating black beauty” not only with each other, but with others from across the nation. K-State Black Student Union hosted My Black is Beautiful this week, a national campaign created to celebrate black identity.Įach day was something different for the BSU. BSU held the event as a part of their My Black is Beautiful Week. Black Student Union members sing alongside other BSU members before starting off the "Our Story Kings and Queens" event on Nov.
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