Being black is a luxury simple as that.

No matter how the media likes to project us to the masses, we know as a collective not everyone can survive being black, its not for everyone, and that’s why we as people need to treat our blackness as a resource rather than an impediment

-skepti

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor-

Bare.

But all the time

I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So, boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps.

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now-

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin'

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

• Langston Hughes

Dear Black Woman

by: Abanno C.E

Dear Black woman,

Do you know you are astonishing?

I envy your strength

I salute your courage

I commend your confidence

And I am in awe of your beauty

Skin of chocolate and Heart of gold

Hair spun from the finest of threads, a statement of pride.

A woman of elegance and class

Mother of Africa and voice of the nation

There is power in your variety

And strength in your voice.

You speak your mind but it is seen as having an attitude

Your independence is seen as being unapproachable

And your refusal to settle for anything less than you

deserve is seen as unappreciative

You are not an angry woman,

But one with something to say.

Dear black woman

You may face scrutiny for your complexion

Your curves, your kinky hair

But heed not the critics

Remember that they yearn for your swag and rhythm

They want your complexion, your curves

But your beauty cannot be imitated

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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

-MLK