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How does Dox Thrash's "Black Girl" relate to the psychological expense of attempting to conform to pre-existing white norms?
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Dox Thrash's "Black Girl" relates to the psychological expense of attempting to conform to pre-existing white norms. The viewer is confronted with a strong gaze, as if the audience is her mirror. It is as if Thrash was literally reflecting his African American audience back at themselves, hinting at the psychological expense of attempting to conform to pre-existing white norms.