Thinking about the Atlanta trip with amazing Black and Brown women who left their families, ate bad food, and endured cold temps to advocate for the right to access to great school choices only to be called mistresses to billionaires. For sale. Not mothers and grandmothers 1/
Not education activists. Not concerned citizens or passionate voters. Essentially, prostitutes. That the only way we could manage such a magnificent exercise is if we are paid. This from the political party in which most of us have spent our lives voting & volunteering. 2/
But I've been in this Black body for 48 years and have seen some things so it's not surprising that our collective Blackness (and Brownness) has no value to the Dem party when we dare question the party line.The media, all too eager to push the narrative, discounted our voices 3/
cheapened our agency, and disrespected the individual fight of each mother and grandmother in their respective communities. I sat with a 70 year old on the side of the road because she was cold and in pain but refused to go sit on the bus because she understood the power 4/ 
of our bodies in that space. I walked by a tearful mother taking a call but whatever was going on at home didn't stop her from the fight. I think about the racist, sexist narrative promoted on social media about us and while I'm not surprised, my soul is troubled. 5/
But what I know for sure, and thanks to Warren supporters for the confirmation, NO ONE will fight our children like us. No one. If, when they see us, think dumb and for sale, we would be fools to think they'll differently about anything/anyone we produce. 6/
Thank you #PowerfulParentNetwork for the courage to walk in your truth and power. I am reminded of Malcolm X's words that, sadly, ring true to this day, Black women are the most disrespected and neglected people in America.
Ain't I a woman?
Ain't I a woman?
