There seems to be so much intimidation behind black women. You know the women whose impassive looks gets her judged before spoken to, whose skin glistens even before the sun shines, and the women who constantly gets stereotyped yet, mocked by other cultures. See there's a myth that black women are always angry, but how many people take into consideration why that may be. Black women are the most suppressed group but we're advised to be strong no matter how painful things may get. Told that we can't be too dark, our hair can't be too coarse, and we have to have just the right amount of thickness and attitude in order to be " accepted". So when the darker girl appears whose skin resembles Ebony, whose hair is a representation of her roots, and whose personality is concealed she's gets immediately labeled. shunned by black men who are supposed to be the ones who support her, she gets subsided for the fair skinned woman with the light eyes and bright hair.
See there's a myth that the black woman is angry but i say that the black woman is fed up. I say that the black woman has to place up a facade in order to conceal how she really feels. See when I think of black women I think of Nefertiti- an Egyptian queen, I think of Harriet Tubman , Ella Baker, and Michelle Obama. I think of my family, my friends, and my peers. Black women are the epitome of strength.
See growing up I was told that I needed to check my attitude and that is something to work on. As I've gotten older I realized that my outside problems weren't justification for my emotions. I realized that other women would get excused for their emotional estate but black women had to mask their problems. They would say Don't express your feelings of being lost, hush your mouth about feeling belittled, and don't even fix your lips to complain. Black women. Anger begins to grow and grow and that's when everything seems to explode. Looked down upon and now considered weak because we finally cracked. You have to be emotionless to be a black woman in society. You could never wear your feelings no matter how traumatic your circumstances are. Brush your hair behind your ear and be strong..... black women. That's what they want us to be; strong. Strong enough to hold our own pain along with everyone else's. well I'm here to say even the strongest people get weak sometimes. It's okay to articulate how you feel and move on. Black women we are worth so much more than what they see us as. Continue loving yourself and who you are. Embrace those insecurities and break down that tough exterior. Remember you are phenomenal. You're a black woman.
