#dark skinned

“Calling a Black woman ‘difficult’ in Hollywood is the kiss of death, and its hard enough being a dark-skinned Black woman in this business.” - Janet Hubert

After several decades of being blacklisted for demanding higher pay and speaking up about poor treatment in the workplace, Janet Hubert gets acknowledgment and closure in a one-on-one discussion for TV.

It isn’t enough, not just for Janet but all the Moniques, Serena Williamses, and Meghan Markles in the world. We don’t have to compromise on our value.  

Black women and femmes aren’t “difficult” for setting boundaries, knowing our worth, and refusing to comply with abuse. Choosing self-love by rejecting biases that expect us to settle for poor treatment is courageous, vulnerable, powerful, and disempowering to the social norms that deny us. This act is perceived or portrayed as “difficult” to people who perpetuate those norms when they can no longer take advantage of them… and us.

If you genuinely care about the lives of Black women and femmes, you must do more than lip-service. You have to support our human autonomy–then get out of our way.

After glute day I need the world to be flat. No stairs no hills. Thank you. Snapchat cc_singssnaps