The slander against #MeghanMarkIe is so similar to what so many black women face when we say no or enforce our boundaries as women who are not enslaved. When we say no to the desires of other, we take on the angry narcissist trope.
As part of colonization and enslavement of black women, black women endured mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and sexual violence daily. We could not say NO this is MY BODY. So when the daughters of our ancestors speak up and say NO, the world piles on and rejects us.
They say “how dare she?” They say “she’s angry, difficult, narcissistic.” Because we daughters of our ancestors have used our voices. These voices that are not ours alone but carry the strength, the blood, sacrifice and cruelty endured by our mothers and fathers.
Those ancestors that endured horrible, barbaric cruelty so that we (this generation) can have freedom. I’ll never stop supporting other black women because I know what this is about. Have you ever spoken to black women? Have you ever learned what happens to us in workspaces when
we dare exhibit excellence or deem ourselves worthy of LIFE and LOVE. We are gang jumped by every insecure person within reach who cannot stand the sight of us and the joy on our faces. Some people think black women are made to be tortured, violated and trampled.
When we say NO, the masses take it so personally. That word when used by us, triggers them.
They think: Oh, did this black woman say no? I’ll show her.
And the silence is deafening. People who claim to be advocates of social justice often become silent.
They think: Oh, did this black woman say no? I’ll show her.
And the silence is deafening. People who claim to be advocates of social justice often become silent.
They think “It’s not my problem.” But it is. It’s everyone’s problem. It’s a societal problem. Allowing hate to continue to breed and brew generation after generation only causes harm to the whole. Why do you think you’re unhappy? Why do you think joy is hard to come by?
Our society isn’t set up for joy. We cannot collectively have joy until we collectively begin to care about each other. What Harry did that was unforgivable is he took a black woman as his equal, which destroys the current narrative that prevails across western cultures
that black women are ugly, unintelligent, untamed, angry, uncivilized, ungrateful, distasteful, lesser than, subhuman. Harry took a black woman to be his wife, his friend, partner and equal and HE CHERISHES HER. That’s what they’re furious about. They want black women to
remain second class citizens in the eyes of the world. And have the rest of the world carry on in blind agreement. But no, Harry shined a light on racism and gained the support of most good hearted people around the planet. These vile remnants of human enslavement and ownership
are relics of barbaric times in human existence and we should continue to strive to rise above and become a more harmonious species. Flowers come in different shades as does most things in nature. There’s nothing inherently special about humans coming in different shades too.
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