Things don't always happen when you want them the way you want them to happen but when it is your time……. Nothing can stop you from shining. nothing can stop you from being that light that you're meant to be in the world.
I Want More Black Women To Be Like Naomi Osaka
Show Up For Yourself
You need to show up for yourself. The support and encouragement that we oftentimes seek in others and give to others we need to give to ourselves. So many times, we are guilty of not being good to ourselves. We talk about our self-care days, and they end up being empty rituals. They’re empty because we are often not intentional about the way we treat ourselves. The way we talk to ourselves, and the way we think about ourselves.
A Message for Y'all
Mainly because my anger, took me to a place beyond words, and that place was also a place of emotional, and physical exhaustion. Race related stress is real, microaggressions are real, overt acts of racism are real and are present throughout all levels of society. All of these things lead to and exacerbate mental health issues for Black people. So, a lot of us, have been exhausted, just by being Black in America and we experience further exhaustion by engaging in diversity work within the institutions to which we belong. Within that place of exhaustion and anger, I said “y’all (institutions, workplace managers) can figure it out!” But “y’all” out here doing damage to my people and I have to address it.
Community In The Time of Isolation
Dope Black Women Things
Nothing had to be explained, these were our people speaking our language and we were here for all of it. We cheered, we shook our heads in disappointment and fully participated. I mean it felt a little bit like church, the only thing that didn’t happen was the spontaneous “shouting” that can erupt, but then again there was no organ. That’s okay we left full!
