Tag: black women
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Black Woman Tears
“Black Woman Tears”These tears are not because of you;they are for you…for the unfair ways in which you strikefor the places inside yourself left unattended spilling out of holy mouthfor the bitter roots that blossomin the crescendo of my painfor all the ways and times that you extend to me your shamefor the words that…
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Frustrated Black Girl
I’m frustrated. You tell black girls to love themselves, then set about praising everything that is opposite of who they might be: if it’s light skinned/white, skinny, petite, “demure”, small, wavy/straight haired, not “too loud”, certainly not too black or sure of itself. You tell them they can’t be all the things they are, to…
Kisha Creates 