Alright, alright, whether we want to accept it or not- I am here to shout out in a resounding voice for all my sisters and say… our Black is so damn beautiful. Are you going to own it, or are you on the fence? Sis listen, ain’t nothing gonna change, if you black, you black, and it’s best you start feeling it, and owning it.
Of course there are exceptions, and we are beginning to see a shrinking of the gap. It is still important for us to talk about this non-acceptance of ourselves especially when we see images on our mobile devices, television sets, or any other means that allow us a peek into the wider world. These images are a dismal representation of our acceptance of a race that was created to be leaders.
Understand this, individuals or groups of people will oppress others when they feel threatened, or when they are deemed as a greater force. Do we not see that as our story, yet we oftentimes allow the power in the story to fall by the wayside. Over time we have evolved with an inferiority complex deeply rooted in oppression. To add insult to injury, some of us were given a position that elevated us. We then adopted a superior stance, and the result, several layers to our blackness, which exists today. Hey! I believe you can read between the lines.
But.
It is time for us to do away with the tom-foolery and understand who we are. We must recognize our power and that we are industrious, resilient, and a special kind.
If we were to see ourselves in that way ( a special kind), we would turn the tables; we would love our broad hips, thick lips, versatile hair in the way we should. Not in the way where we change our naturalness to attract the attention of others. In my opinion, this may be considered low self-esteem bordering on narcissism if there is such a thing.
We must honor who we are, and our history by standing proudly and joining forces with our black sisters. We must become enterprising and take back that which we were raped of, our culture most of all. Also, we must stand proud in our uniqueness as a people and look with virgin eyes and see that all we have is all they want. Heck, they have taken it all, except we are still here; and now, we must take everything back. We take it back by strengthening our resilience and building ourselves, supporting each other, educating each other, and genuinely cheering each other on. It is time for us to stop operating from a place of scarcity that encourages the “not enough” mentality, and so we must hold on to what we have because there is not enough for all of us.
We exist in abundance, THAT IS THE TRUTH, and we will see that once we become industrious. The awareness of our power as a special people will become evident when we begin to shine through our creativity.
I look around, and I see sisters making some huge returns by allowing their creativity to shine through. We have that, and we need to get quiet, allowing all that our forefathers and foremothers possessed to come through to us. Armed with the knowledge from our fore-parents, we must then willingly enrich the community.
How do we do this? We do this by using our creative, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills to strengthen and rebuild our communities. As our young girls and boys experience our involvement in their communities and in their lives; they will be uplifted and become better individuals doing better for themselves and others.
This is how we will break the cycle and allow our black that is so beautiful to shine.
In honor of black history month.
Leave us a comment below and let us know what makes your black so damn beautiful.
