TO ALL MY WEIRD BLACK GIRLS

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To the girls who dance when there is no music. The girls who see pretty flowers and think they would be perfect in her ‘fro. The girls who stay in their beds for days watching Sci-Fi shows on Netflix. The girls who go to midnight premieres of Marvel movies, because that is the only way to see them properly. The girls who actually did not find Courage the Cowardly Dog creepy as a child. The girls who own box sets of Avatar: The Last Airbenderand Naruto. The girls who still belt the lyrics of “Bring Me to Life” by Evanescence. The girls who still listen to Avenged Sevenfold and Jimmy Eat World. The girls who are unapologetically themselves. Also known as the ‘weird’ black girls — this is for you.

Society has an idealized perception of a black person. They feed into the stereotypes and think that everyday black people are loud, obnoxious, “ghetto,” etc. If someone does not fit this description, they are an outsider. This also holds truth within the black community on a smaller scale. Some black people think that all black people should act alike, and if one person strays away from the way we are “supposed” to act, they are abnormal. The ideal black woman, for instance, is not one that engages in cosplay. She does not LARP (live action role play). She is supposed to listen to the same music, care about the same things, and engage in the same activities as her counterparts. If she doesn’t, she is judged and not considered “normal.”

~by Blavity

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