To be or not to be that is the question my magnificent melanin is a blessing thus this is true……. Being a black woman in today’s society is like art, the idea that everyone has a different perception of me and how they perceive me to be based on their pre-conceived notions of what a…
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All seeing eyez
What do you see when you look me Do you see the struggle that I live and breathe Each day I pray for change but it’s as if I’m praying in vein I see no change You love me for my greatness it becomes my blindness And hate me when my eyes are wide open…
Don’t touch my hair
‘Don’t touch my hair’, beautifully sung by solange knowles a track of her new album a seat at the table ‘when it’s the feelings that I wear’. Black girls everywhere stood still I bet in solid reflection thinking back to a time where we literally had to tell someone do not touch my hair, it…
Dear black men
Dear black men, we black women love cherish and care for you but sometimes I question are we afforded the same? This isn’t meant to be harsh but maybe it should be so the message can penetrate the small mindedness of your behaviour and so you also realise how we will not tolerate your slack…
Beautiful for a black girl? Bruh
Nothing and I mean nothing irritates me more then we black women being referred to as beautiful for a black girl. Stop rewind and come again because I know you never said that nonsense to me, what does that even mean. So by that definition black women are ugly it’s just certain black women are…
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