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Hannah Drake
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Please stop asking Black women to swoop in and save this nation. Black women only make this look easy. We are tired. Overworked. Underpaid and highly disrespected.
This world treats Black Women like an ATM machine always coming to us for withdrawals and very rarely if ever depositing anything of any value back into who we are. We don’t exist to clean up your messes. We aren’t playing mammy because of mistakes y’all made.
Here is a thought, support Black Women doing whatever the hell Black Women want to do and in turn that will bless this nation. But that’s too radical of a thought, huh?
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Hannah Drake
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The woman wasn’t upset that a blanket and birthday balloons were set up on the sidewalk. That didn’t bother her. She was upset that a BLACK woman and her BLACK daughter were in a space that she felt they didn’t belong in. That is the REAL STORY.
“For centuries, White America has dictated how Black people can navigate our own bodies in spaces. It is not just the physical space itself being regulated by White people but the actual way Black people can use their bodies in these spaces.”

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We have to start calling a thing a thing. She is White, she is rich and she feels entitled to control that space and how dare this Black woman be on the sidewalk while she is trying to walk her dog! Anyone else would say how cute, and walk around. No big deal.
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Hannah Drake
@HannahDrake628
This is in Louisville, Kentucky. This is my friend’s son. Let’s be clear he was also teased and called the n-word. This is what happens when you allow bullying and racism to run rampant and provide PR for it instead of address it.

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When I go home this evening I have to find the strength to write an obituary for a 10 year old boy so miss me with your “both sides.”
Tami is the nicest person. As life would have it, I saw her in the grocery store that day and she paid for all my groceries. She was just determined to do something nice for me. It was my daughter’s birthday.
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Hannah Drake
@HannahDrake628
This letter is tantamount to “I have Black friends.” Instead of fighting to say this isn’t who we are, why not pause and say, “You know, this actually IS who we are and how can we change it?” That should be the starting point. Not denial.
This behavior didn’t happen because that is not who you are. It happened because that is exactly who you are. I bet if you get out of your bubble, stop making lists to make yourself feel good and go talk to the 11% of Black people and ask them who you are you’d be surprised. 🙄
And mind you this is what he calls a diverse community. Just start with the basic truth. Just start there. Just say this is a city where everyone is predominantly White. Let’s start there and work our way up. But he won’t do that. Trust me. They aren’t ready to face the truth.
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