#detroit style
Last week, I was feeling very Black Panther-ish. I kept seeing shit. Hearing shit. These so-called patriotic trolls are constantly focused on the wrong damnthing When a Gorilla got killed. Oh, people was outraged. Dog abuse? Oh, they were on it. #45 says dumb shit, it’s justified. Wypipo waving around tiki torches from Party City and running over equality protesters… They have that ‘right’.
So, Kaepernick is 'unpatriotic’ because he takes a knee during the national anthem Did y'all forget what this country is built upon The backs of Blacks and Natives The blood of slaves Genocide Rape We were still slaves when that anthem was created. GTFOH.
As an American, you gonna make me stand for a song that wasn’t even meant for me? What happened to the land of the free? I guess we’re only free and able to express freedom of speech when they say so…
But one thing I love about 2017, is that WE are more vocal than ever. Nah, I’m not my grandfather or my grandmother. I’m not my mama. This is a new generation where we’re gonna call bullshit.
I’m not explaining anything to supremacists, low-key or high-key racists. And nor should you. You’re wasting your breath. They’ll never get it which is fine, but keep that hatred and them tiki torches over there
Model: @Lvernon2000
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Location: Belle Isle (Detroit)
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Let’s take a moment to bow our heads in the remembrance of how I just slayed every hoe ever. Every troll. Every fat-shamer. Every Muslim in Detroit and abroad that likes to keep up with my life but talk that stuff behind closed doors. The racists and bigots that say I’m oppressed because I’m visibly Muslim. Oppression? Where? Old co-workers that discouraged me from pursuing my creative endeavors. My ex-boss that told me that I was pretentious and intimidating and tried to get me fired. Yeah, but she got fired instead Look at Gawd. My ex, who was embarrassed of me. Tried to make me seem like I was less than a Muslim and downplay my accomplishments. Hiiiiiii A family member who recently told me that she ain’t feel sorry for me when I tried to express my pain and current mental status.
To every person who said I was extra, too much, too loud, too fat, too black, not black enough, or whatever…I may be broke, borrowing clothes from friends for shoots, bi-polar with several complexes but I’m here. I’m still here. Trying a little bit every day to be better than I was yesterday. And, yeah, sometimes I fail miserably. But, I’m still here. Standing tall. And slaying. *Sips tea* @Remy_me
IG: Lvernon2000
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Working on a new piece on this rainy evening…
“Seems like when you’re born with a vagina, instantaneously, stereotypes and ceilings and walls and fortresses are built. Same thing with color and religion. Born Black, Latino? As soon as they stamp your birth certificate with a minority race label it’s only downhill from there. Once you’re born with dark skin, it’s over. You will always, always be judged. Always be placed in a stupid little box. Your color becomes your identity. And only your color. It’s all they see.
When I walk into a room, all they see is my hijab. Then my black face. Then my curvaceous body.
The odds have always been against me. And they always will.
I have two choices: be myself or allow the world to dictate it.”
www.beautyandthemuse.net
IG: @ Lvernon2000
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