Please don’t touch my hair
I will not be objectified It is time for my curls to be glorified It took me awhile to embrace my hair To love my complexion and my skin To stay out in the sun to get more melanin To love my noses, and lips To love booty and hips Don't touch my pride I see the natural hair movement but I don’t see 4c curls my type European feature is what they like Finally started to include black girls but only feature the ones that looks white Don’t lay hands on my crown The souls of my ancestors are woven in each strand It tells a story of our painful history and past My hair narrates what I am and what it means to be women and be back Because to be women and be black is to be the first and last person to love yourself To be women and be black is to say yes we’re beautiful when everyone is screaming no To be women and be black is to be labeled “ the angry black girl” when you speak To be women and be black is to “hear your cute for a black girl” To be women and be black is to still quote Malcolm X 50 years later because it’s still true to this day That the most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman. |
AuthorDeborah Senyange Archives
June 2017
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