#ABetterYouIsABetterMe

  W hat do you mean you don’t have a dog in this fight?  Because when a Black NFL player fighting his dogs for sport suffers punitive consequences two-steps short — of what “others” have paid for attempted murder. And certainly more than a White boy that walks into an all Black church and assassinates the entire congregation, that gets treated to a burger... Because we’ve been fighting for the “ideals” of democracy and equality since the onset of the pillage that landed us here.    Because when poverty was deemed our rightful portion and deliberate oppression, was our payment—-it wasn’t a problem— BUT when it effected them, it became    “The Great Depression.” When it was a crack problem... it was “our problem”, “Ghetto problem”, but when it was an opiate suburbia problem, it became an epidemic. When it was Black women being forced out of the workplace it was, “oh well.”   But now that ALL the ‘other women’ are forced off the employment roles— it’...

I have fluctuated in my “feelings” about the term, “Black girl magic” — the “magic” part, but I get it! Outside of the trendy, trending idea of celebrating Black women and their ginormous contributions, and astounding capabilities—despite all opposition; yes it seems it would certainly take ‘magic.’ But, it’s the mystical for me. It’s more transcendental than magic for me. The inspiringly spiritual “thing” for me. So, “magic”, yeah— I get it. And if I didn’t grasp it before I certainly do now. And I have had, know, known, many examples—- some friends, family, even foes. And have only admired and respected many others from afar... And if I didn’t quite understand it before... I do now; that the entire mind, (soul), body, spirit  constructed system of the Black woman is an astounding phenomenon. And it scares some people, and it intimidates others— just ask Stacey Abrams... just an extraction of an example.                   ...