AcknowledgeAcknowledge your privilege. Particularly if you’re white – White Privilege is a real thing. Acknowledge that racism still exists, because to deny it exists is also part of the problem. ListenListen to your Black friends and listen to Black people in general. Ask questions (if […]
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Oh No, Not Another Angry Black Woman
Black women are so easily labelled as being ‘angry’. The ‘angry black woman’ is a misguided entertainment device. I see the ‘angry black woman’ stereotype on the TV. She’s seen shouting, rolling her eyes and just generally being louder than everyone else. Recently, Serena Williams […]
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Black Owned Businesses: Legendary Rootz
This is a little segment that I thought of starting where I share and discuss my thoughts on black-owned businesses. I believe it’s important that I support businesses run by fellow black people, to encourage and big them up as they express themselves in a […]
‘This is not a Joke, and it is definitely not Amusing’
This post is an explanation of my recent art work that I submitted as my final piece for uni. I’ll start from the beginning. I first discovered the wonderful uses of concrete in my first year at uni. I had just finished sixth form where […]
A Letter To The Woman Of Colour
Unapologetically be you. Use the anger, the fear, the happiness and every other emotion you feel as a drive to elevate yourself and others like you. I’m talking about using your emotions to positively transform the situation. Go against all odds, and speak up against […]
My Year Of Reading Books By Black Women
I saw a post on the Elle Magazine website a while back where Alisha Acquae wrote about the books she had read by black female authors. I thought this would be a lovely thing for me to do too! This year, one of my new […]
“YOU” a few words by me
Read and experience my words Being a woman isn’t easy. You are constantly told by society that you are weak and unable. That you cannot achieve what men can achieve. You are to be inferior. But I believe that as a woman you are […]
Influential POC (People of Colour)
Recently, I have been even more so inspired to learn more about what it means to be a POC (Person of Colour) and not to let this limit me despite what the media says. I want to lift people of colour up and to portray […]
If You Have A Voice, Speak.
As women, we have been silenced since long before I can remember. Female authors were encouraged to publish their work anonymously. Female artists have a harder time getting their work displayed in shows/ exhibitions. Especially black female artists. But I’ll save my thoughts on that […]
Why “GET OUT” is a movie everyone should watch
So I watched Get Out without a clear idea of what to expect. All I really knew for sure was that is was a horror/comedy movie about race. Initially, this compelled me to watch the movie because a movie like this had never been created before (not […]
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