Being Black in Society
How many times have your parents pulled you aside and had THE TALK
see black people have a different talk than your usual sex talk
Rather than our parents telling us to have safe sex they're telling us to be respectful when confronting cops
Constantly having to listen to my fellow brothers and sisters tell me they’re afraid to live as a minority
“YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH CHANCES AS THEY DO”
“STRIVE TO BE SOMETHING GREATER, PROVE THEM WRONG”
conversations of us never knowing REAL freedom
If it is a FREE society then tell me why so many of MY brothers and sisters don't feel free
Tell me why it's been a struggle for MY brothers and sisters to prosper and became something other than a statistic or hashtag
Tell me why the moment a bullet or words of discrimination hits them they're instantly dehumanized...
We’re constantly told to
Sit up
Talk proper
Dress correctly
Nails clean
Hair neat AND straight
EVERYTHING should be proper
Not black enough
You act white for a black girl
OH! where'd you get your hair from
WOW! you have nice hair for a black girl
WHOAH! You cute for a dark skin
Black girl this Black girl that...
Girls, Ladies, My Sisters I feel for you all
Being a person of color is not enough for us but being women of color OH WHY that’s way tougher
Not only are we faced with discrimination from others, but our own people who we call brothers fall into the stereotypes given to us
Throughout my lifespan i've heard a brother say OUT LOUD WITH other black women in the room “oh I don’t mess with black women unless they got a big butt and tits...” “I just don’t mess with them dark skin women”
Brothers Brothers why are you discriminating against your own people
To be women and black is to know your not desirable by your own people
To be women and black is being born and knowing your beauty does not belong to you
To be women and black is growing up to protect men who hate you
To be women and black is having to be educated before you can even walk”
To be women and black is to become the backstory while living and the cover story when dead....
Being women and black is MAGIC
Being women and black is to be resilient,
LADIES our very existence is defiance.
WE ARE black girl magic
Your SKIN is beautiful, gorgeous, worth gold and anyone who tells you different tell them that your GOLD is what founded this country.
Black girls are strong
Mixed girls are strong
Latina girls are strong
My fellow white sisters are strong
I am strong
WE are powerful
Your words may act like knives on paper
But they can't defeat us
We will not let you beat us down
We will rise and we will be victorious