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The Black Woman

They say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder

But sometimes I ask myself, how can this be?

Cause when I look with my eyes, I only start to feel resent

and I begin to despise, the things I realize like

how my women of color have been simplified, and hypserxualized

how the black woman's body has been used and abused and now

It personifies, sexuality and promiscuity, out of all the things media feeds us these are some of the worst lies

You see cause black women are queens, and when white culture saw their worth, they were rattled

They couldn't help but try to minimize and de-legitimize, and put a guise over the eyes of all that viewed her

She is not just a big *** big lips or hips

She is the mother of humanity, in her essence from her hair, to lips to her fingertips she is a Queen, and she is to be respected.

And I will die for her honor, We will not go back into slavery days, I will not stand here while she gets up on stage naked and her body is dissected, and her soul, her essence neglected, her heart, her mind infected.

From these queens come the workers, the Kings, without the black woman we have no past and we have no future

We must protect the black woman, for she is sacred like scripture.

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thecalmeststorm
24 / M
Published
Mar 8, 2017
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#media#beauty#black#woman#king#queen#ebony#melanin#blackwoman#womensday
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