By Kamilah Majied — 2020
“If we only explore interdependence to feel good,” writes Dr. Kamilah Majied, “we miss a lot.” She shares the importance of recognizing and honoring the deep connections each of us has to Black lives.
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The Black community is more inclined to say that mental illness is associated with shame and embarrassment. Individuals and families in the Black community are also more likely to hide the illness.
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What better way to use Black History Month than as practice for creating a world that demands displays of Black joy and pleasure year-round?
For many of us, men with broad shoulders, narrow hips, taut muscles, and white skin — sun-kissed or pale under hot lights — became an ideal we couldn’t escape. We coveted images of these bodies like treasure, and they educated us in the rules of attraction.
Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.
“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
“I just didn’t want them to stress and not be afraid to go to school. The less they knew, the better it was.”
Many Black womxn experience themselves as fraudulent or substandard. It's a lie.
A real relationship is steeped in an inner knowing of ones’ inherent value. It blooms from well-loved and maintained foundation of self-knowledge, self-respect and clear values.
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