Eryka Badu starts off one of her songs with” now keep in mind
that I’m an artist and I’m sensitive about my shit…” With that in mind allow me
to do what I do…
Now keep in mind that I’m a lesbian and I’m serious about my
sisters….and I would be remiss if I didn’t take the time to school you on a few
things…
First, and foremost please haul off and slap any woman who
start spouting and touting this pseudo-feminist bullshit. You know the young
sisters who will tell you without hesitation that Beyonce is a feminist and
will then start talking about power, money and other material shit that doesn’t
matter.
Beyonce is no damn feminist!!!! Yes, she has power and clout but she
has set women so far back in the fight for equality….Beyonce has allowed
herself to be objectified and racialized as a “Masters’ fantasy. Yes, there’s
power in the punanny , men and women came through it and have been trying to
get back in it since the beginning of time, but it’s an empty victory because
men and woman will then be on the prowl /hunt for something more exciting. The power of the “nanny” should be used in
such a way where whoever you’re with knows that there is nothing better…how do
you achieve this? You achieve it by respecting the sanctity and sacredness of
your yoni (look it up) and treating it with as a sacred gift.
Gloria Steinem’s definition of feminism is : feminism simply
means complete social and economic equality between men and women -- not
man-hating, angry women, as pop culture often makes feminists out to be. Betty
Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique
also subscribed to and opened America’s eyes to the idea of equal rights….now
for as powerful as these women were in the fight…I have to ask where are the
Black women? Have we been once again whitewashed from the history? Our fight is
somewhat different but I see or hear no references to them. No disrespect to
the Jewish sisters who fought the good fight but you lost some credibility in my
eyes because of the exclusion…once again we see that “we the people” means
white people.
Now, let me shift gears a bit and address some of the
misguided youngsters who idolize Nicki Minaj and Beyonce….you guys have confused
materialism with power and respect….and if you have spent any time really
listening to true hustlers and folks on the grind you would know that all money
ain’t good money! You also fail to realize that you embrace yet another
stereotype that is meant to shame and degrade you and you try to normalize the
bullshit. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a young sister say “…but I’m a good one” after some joker has
called her a bitch. That’s the same mentality that young brothers use when they
try to convince you that they have embraced the N word because they have the
power and control of how it’s used….you forget that no matter how many ways YOU
use it that people have be hurt beyond measure because of it. You forget that
folks have died for your right to be treated as kings and queens yet you still
co-sign the ignorance by using the words on one another and the person that’s
trying to keep you oppressed is gaining capital in your ignorance.
I can’t tell
you how many times I have heard mother’s tell their daughters “don’t let no man
lay up in your house without payin’ for something.” Mama…did you really mean to
give your daughter the message to whore herself out? How did you forget the
sanctity of the Yoni? Are you removed from your own hurt and pain that you’re
normalizing the bullshit by telling your child that she can and should endure
the same degradation as long as she is being paid?
Now for you sisters who embrace the words bitch and ho like
it’s on your birth certificate, y’all scare me. I know you’re none of these
things but y’all have gotten to comfortable suiting up in uniform and playing
for the home team. You have substituted rudeness for power and you’ve come to
believe that the material things you amass somehow define your character. You’ve
become so shallow and insecure that you take great pleasure in tearing down
other sisters or you’re only friends with them because their fragility makes
you look better.
Oh my sisters….we have been miseducated to the point of
believing that individuality means to squash our sisters. We have been sold a W.A.S.P
principle that does not fit our cultural sensibilities…we are from villages,
tribes, counties and hamlets that thrive because of the sense of community……get
back to loving you, loving your people and loving your community
How Ya livin’?
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