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Blackness
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Blackness doesn’t make you less, but it does frame your life. When you walk into a room, so does race. Frankly, it shows up before you do. It colors every conversation, shapes how you’re viewed, determines whether you’re even heard. From the day you get here, Blackness hangs over everything, from comments about your hair (‘Can I touch it?’) to mentions that certain Black people are ‘smart’ (’cause it’s assumed we’re idiots). The message comes through loud and clear: You’re not one of us, you’re
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― Coming Home
― Coming Home
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And the Creator said:
With this Afro hair, I crown you as kings and queens.
The natural heirs of the Earth.
I crown you so that you never need to place a material crown upon your head as proof of your royalty, one wich loses value with time.
Your Afro crown remains valuable through all lifetimes.
I set you apart from the rest.
I keep you covered in a natural shade.
I give you hair that retains water,
so you remain cool under the Sun.
I crown you with natural antennas,
connecting you to the sk
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