On Being Black and a Woman: Whichever Is Worse

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Friday, September 21, 2007

What You Had

You had the power You had the strength You had the clay in your hands. You had the power You had the strength You had a girl in your hands. A word from you was a treasure A gift to be kept all my days A sweet morsel of promise and love and devotion To nourish me always. In you, man was a fortress A... Sign in to see full entry.

Right on the Tip of My Tongue

I awoke one morning, some days ago, with the deepest, most discomforting feeling that I was forgetting something. It gnawed at me. It tugged at me. I rolled over, shut my eyes, tried to get a few more winks of peaceful darkness and restful silence. But it kept kneading at my stomach and slapping me... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Caged Lioness

Dare I even put these ramblings to paper? Doing so would certainly make it clear – that I am panicked. Even making the tortured journey down the stairs, turning on the computer and waiting for the endless churning and churning and humming to stop sets me on edge. And now I’m struggling to get it all... Sign in to see full entry.

My Response to an Excellent Point

I got a response from my "On Being Black or Being a Woman" journal (which was originally a video blog) and I wanted to make a comment. It was such an important statement. This person said: "It's a shame that some women do things and treat other people in ways that you have to call them those names... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Part 4: We're Going to Rise

I’m very disappointed in people, that’s all. But I believe that there is a community of people that actually use their brains and they think through things. And I think that we are all going to rise above all of you who can’t get out of calling us niggers; who can’t get out of calling us hoes; who... Sign in to see full entry.

Part 3: Choice and Accomplishment

Screw Imus. Imus did what everybody else told him it was okay to do. And it’s not okay. If that’s all that can come out of your mouth when you see us; when you know what we go through; when you know what we’ve been through; when you know what we struggle with – if that’s all that can come out of... Sign in to see full entry.

Part 2: The Path to Nappy-Headed-Ho-Ness

But you know? We’re passing judgment on women when we don’t even know what they have been through. And now, I am talking about those so-called ones who are running around, so-called “being hoes.” Which I hate that word. You don’t know what people have been through. I believe I’m just an average... Sign in to see full entry.

Part 1: Introduction to a Scapegoat

You know, I was going to leave this Imus and “nappy-headed hoes” thing alone because, to me, it’s a very loaded subject with so many different ways of viewing so many different parts of it. But I think I’m just going to go ahead and speak. And I’m a little nervous because things that are hard for me... Sign in to see full entry.

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