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Retire from being a STRONGBLACKWOMAN. Here is the hard truth. The STRONGBLACKWOMAN is a race-gender schema. Periodt. #njcurj #strongblackwoman
We glorify & praise SBW. It is propelled forward by pop culture, celebrities, politics, & forms of authority & credibility. The world tells the SBW how she should live, act, reproduce, accept and settle for. Black women accept this race-gender schema.
But the real meaning behind the STRONGBLACKWOMAN is problematic. #strongblackwoman
I haven’t talked about my #breastcancer journey much on the twitters but since it’s #breastcancerawareness month, let’s do this.
Warning: Don’t follow me on the basis of this thread w/o checking the profile. I’m liberal AF & I mainly tweet about racism & sexism.
Warning: Don’t follow me on the basis of this thread w/o checking the profile. I’m liberal AF & I mainly tweet about racism & sexism.
I was 1st diagnosed w #breastcancer in Jul 2014. Went thru dbl mastectomy, chemo, & reconstruction. Was rediagnosed w a local recurrence in Oct 2018.
The 1st dx was hard but not unexpected. My mom was dx 20yrs earlier w a more advanced #breastcancer. For 20 yrs I’d tell drs that and they’d look at me like I had an expiration date stamped on my forehead.
