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//I live in the Grey.//👵🏼💁🏻 _ Not much in life is black or white, so Iv learned to love the grey area. 🙃 The place between black and white is where debates, intellectual curiosity and decisions happen; it can get uncomfortable. Being bold enough to question everything, forming your~truly~own opinions and having a voice that’s different than those who surround you takes courage. _ #bebrave #liveinthegrey • • • •

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Hardimon & Jackson, 2007

Social identity groups with more power are known as DOMINANT or AGENT GROUPS

CURRENTLY IN THE U.S, AGENT GROUPS INCLUDE: WHITES, HETEROSEXUALS, MALES, THE “ABLE-BODIED”, THE UPPER CLASS, & YOUNG OR MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS

let that sink in a bit .......

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“caged bird” by maya angelou

the free bird leaps .. on the back of the wind .. and floats downstream .. till the current ends .. and dips his wings .. in the orange sun rays .. and dares to claim the sky .. but a bird that stalks .. down his narrow cage .. can seldom see through .. his bars of rage .. his wings are clipped .. and his feet are tied .. so he opens his throat to sing

the caged bird sings .. with fearful trill .. of the things unknown .. but longed for still .. and his tune is heard .. on the distant hill .. for the caged bird sings of freedom

the free bird thinks of another breeze .. and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees .. and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn .. and he names the sky his own .. but a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams .. his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream .. his wings are clipped and his feet are tied .. so he opens his throat to sing

the caged bird sings .. with a fearful trill .. of things unknown .. but longed for still .. and his tune is heard .. on the distant hill .. for the caged bird sings of freedom

( this poem still resonates in our society today ... I know a few of us, including myself, who feel exactly like this in our lives today ... how many of us sing & are not heard ?)

I LIVE IN THE GREY

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Am I Not Black Enough If I Love Weave ?!?!?!

So check it: part of being a woman in general is being able to change up your style and hair however you want because, you’re a woman! Well in the Black Community there is so much criticism and encouragement for people to prove their “Blackness” sometimes, it’s crazy!

So anyway, I went to this Natural hair expo called “Relaxed Meets Natural..blah blah blah”. I personally prefer a weave. Brazilian or Peruvian hair gives me life and MOST people think it’s my hair based on how well its installed. I do not have a perm and haven’t gotten a full one since 2009. Anyway, I go in there looking for advice on how to protect my hair from breaking since I straighten it. This woman with a huge, tightly coiled ‘fro (owner of a hair product line I don’t care to mention) told me I’m ruing my hair and I’m not really natural and she’s saying it with love and I’m never going to be able to save my hair and protect from heat yahdah yadah. I guess in her mind she thinks women who wear weave and capitalize on the versatility of their hair are wrong or in bad shape. I ji resented the way she was speaking to me. I mean you coulda suggested some oil, a protein treatment (actually a very well-known celeb stylist did minutes later), SOMETHING!

All this got me to thinking though. How can we as Black Women uplift if all we do is tear down?! Like I was totally unbothered with the context of her statement, it was the fact that she thought her words were hurting me. Like, she was trying to imply I ain’t livin’ right. But we see this all the time! We down play the natural chick with the extra course texture and we hate on the one that’s light skin with long straight hair. We have so much trouble keeping no good men off our ass, protecting ourselves and children from predators, and up until recently we’ve begun worrying about steering clear of our justice system; that I just don’t see how this is even possible. I wish I was born in the days when women greeted each other with “Hello, my beautiful Sistah.” Or grew up with the men who call women “(Black) Queen” with regard and respect. Why do we have the time to still hate on each other?! You don’t know the next woman’s struggle. You don’t know what her morning routine is like! Maybe shes angry cuz her daddy left her! Maybe her mom is a drug addict! Maybe she was molested repeatedly by a close relative. Maybe her flat iron broke, or she has alopecia!

We need to be in the business of UPLIFTING other Black Women instead of tearing down. That’s the only way our culture can reunite as one full of LOVE and Harmony. Or maybe I’m seeking validation from people, instead of my Creator (Game Changerrr!!). At any rate, I got great advice from the “Hair Whisperer” and will be purchasing some protein products in the near future. *Insert hair flip*

(article cred: A. Taylor from Maryland)

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