And what's more... The article writer is white. Get your life, people. By stating Black Girls Rock! takes away from no one. It adds to the self-confidence and pride of a certain segment of our population who are constantly told they are not beautiful, not lovable, and worthless.
Get over yourselves long enough to see there is more than enough for us all and we are not your enemies. We're allies in this fight for visibility and equality.
"What in your heart recoils when you see Black Girls Rock? What bone in your body sees empowerment for black girls and thinks "that's not fair"? Where is your bitterness rooted? What do you think has been taken from you when women of color are uplifted?
All of the things you take for granted are what you're protecting when you shout down Black Girls Rock: your whiteness, the system that upholds your face as the supreme standard of beauty, your place in the center of a culture that demands people of color remain hidden in the margins, present but only barely and never overshadowing the white hero/heroine. Your discomfort with black girls who rock tells me that you prefer the status quo: you prefer for black faces to remain hidden, you prefer for America's heroes to have white faces, you prefer for black actresses to wear aprons and chains."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/olivia-cole/why-im-not-here-for-white_b_4214132.html
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