feminismandhappiness:fettyhurts:lavendersucculents:kimreesesdaughter:GO OFF SIS Read it and then rea
feminismandhappiness:fettyhurts:lavendersucculents:kimreesesdaughter:GO OFF SIS Read it and then read it again. “The Most Disrespected Person in America is the Black woman.“✊And yall wonder why black women are angry. This is why respectability politics, mean nothing. Michelle followed the respectability politics yall laid out for us to a Tee (be educated, be a “good” mother, be a supportive wife, dress modestly, always have your hair done, set a good example, respect yourself first), and the world STILL shames and disrespects her like this. But keep telling us how the problem is that we wear weave. Keep telling us how the problem is that we act like hoes. Keep telling us that the problem is we don’t “respect” ourselves. Keep telling us that the problem is we’re too strong, we don’t know how to follow behind our man. Keep telling us that the problem is how we carry ourselves instead of just admiting that this world hates black women regardless of what we do.Her educational achievement, her scandal free life, her contributions to Obama’s presidency or how she carries herself is irrelevant.the oly thing that can make a woman GREAT in their eyes is being white and the standard of ‘pretty’. -- source link
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