Hey Black Girl
You Ignore, I Deplore || Addressing Racial Microagressions
Lys Botsula | @eglaflys “Where are you from? I mean, where are you from from?”, “Do you speak African?”, “Can black people get a tan?”,...
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Hey Black Girl
- Jun 3, 2020
- 4 min
Colorism and Black Women
Becky Olu-Alabi | @rimmasnaturals “Brown Skin Girl, Skin just like Pearls…the best thing in the World…won’t change you for anybody else”....
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Hey Black Girl
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
Being a disabled black woman
Britny Virginia| @britnyvirginiaa I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of 6 months old in Dennery, St. Lucia. Cerebral Palsy is...
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Hey Black Girl
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
Don’t Touch My Crown: A Discourse on Hair Discrimination
Denessia Blake | @denessia_ “Hair discrimination is racial discrimination” (Buttigieg, 2019). Democrat candidate, Pete Buttigieg,...
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Hey Black Girl
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Ballet for Black Girls
Emily Duckett | @emilyduckett_ When I first started dancing I chose hip hop. Everyone who looked like me did hip hop. No black girls did...
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Hey Black Girl
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
It’s okay to not be okay
Anab Mohamud | anab1498 Yes, you heard me. And I know you see this title. It's an expression a lot of people throw out into the open. A...
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Hey Black Girl
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
Dear Self Love
Anna Marie | @just.annamarie There was a point in time where nothing seemed to click for me. Jobs, lovers, friends just came and went,...
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Hey Black Girl
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
4 Ways to Overcome Labels and Walk in your Identity
Aisha Freeman | MSci Has anyone ever made you feel as if you had to be perfect? As if your best wasn’t good enough? Well if you haven’t...
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Hey Black Girl
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
“I’m not aggressive, I’m passionate”
Ashley Ighorewo | @__iamashley Self-isolation has definitely given me time to think back and reflect on a lot of things, including what...
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