Series: Black Woman, What I Never Told You
Series Topic: Black Woman, What I Never Told You Going to spend a few days on this topic. Being a Black woman, racism and gender bias has always been a part of my life. In some periods it was overt, others subtle or passive, but always a lingering presence from childhood and even now as […]
Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You – Overly Critiqued
Series/Black Woman Topic: Overly Critiqued Brown face Brown eyes Pink lips Chubby legs Big butt Smart girl, but don’t ask too many questions. Too smart, you sound like you’re white. Perm your hair, let it grow. Dress like them, speak like them, don’t act like – me. Push your emotions down, Smile more, you look […]
Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You – Discounted
This is my third post in this series. Again it took me a good part of the day to write. Hopefully, it adds another layer to the story. Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You Topic: Discounted Doesn’t matter if you have a degree or not, when you are Black and walk into a […]
Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You
I hope it gives a new perspective on a common problem. Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You – Work on your communication If you are a Black woman with a job or career, and are intelligent, can think and speak for yourself, I’m sure at some point you have been informed in an […]
Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You – Money
Today is my fifth post in this series: Black Woman / What I Never Told You – Money We want it, we gotta have it. Problem is too often women, are afraid to ask for the amount of wage, salary or fee they are worth. I don’t have that problem. I have always ask for […]
Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You
This is my third post in this series. Again it took me a good part of the day to write. Hopefully, it adds another layer to the story. Series: Black Woman/ What I Never Told You Topic: Discounted Doesn’t matter if you have a degree or not, when you are Black and walk into a […]
Speak
Speak My personal experience: People prefer that you be quiet, go along with the flow, slide into group think, be vanilla with no opinions of your own, not read, but just press a button, keep your head down, say words that sound good, but mean nothing. Can’t do it. If I don’t speak up for […]
Love Yourself
When I was about 26, my mother sat me down and told me that basically all my troubles steamed from one cause – I didn’t love myself. And she was right, I didn’t love myself and that lack manifested in practically everything I said and did. My mother gave me good insight, but she failed […]