Many Melanin Kings are being cool, saving face, appearing to be in control of their emotions no matter the circumstances, is a persona they gravitate to almost instinctively. Our Melanin Kings have a lot invested in being emotionally cool. It may have started as a defense mechanism against the powerlessness they suffered during slavery. Having no freedom of movement, not being financially compensated for the inhumane conditions we labored in, not being able to defend us Melanin Queens as slavemasters violated them, Melanin Kings may have embraced stoicism as a form of survival, as armor in the face of slavery’s unrelenting brutality and the later indignities of Jim Crow. If you look at it from the perspective of ensuring their survival, its been an excellent strategy. But at some point, that armor became less of a protection for their collective psyches and more the dominant characteristic of them. Source: #TorraineWalker The Goddess is the Healer Salute to you #MelaninKing Visual: @melanin_mind1963 edit: @bluegoddessdesigns WordPost: #TorraineWalker (at 黑設&攝素x桃子先生 MPIS婚禮紀錄x親子寫真x活動攝影-彰化/台中/雲林/南投/苗栗/嘉義/全省)
