Women of Color Now

By sis on April 13th, 2010

April 8, 2010
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
April 8, 2010	to	May 8, 2012

I was offended viewing the bookmark that the only woman of color was a slave or from that error. Many many African American Women have made great strides for women all around. Why does injecting slavery images or pass ills that tried to destroy us in this Country a must when discussing or advertising women progress.

Yes, slavery was real, but do you really think African American women want to be reminded of it continually? I picked up so many markers to give out in school and my church. I have since rethought that process and discarded the bookmarks.

In the time of Tea Party, celebrating ill grains of slavery by proclaiming a confederate month in Virginia, I truly feel “women” need to embrace not just one type of African American Woman, but the whole group of us who have suffered greatly and yet are marvelously rebuilding ourselves and our families in spite of the hatemonger.

Any woman who comes from the lineage we have are proud and we would hope that others would start to embrace and respect us, we are powerful group, and need I write how “we” AA Women shaped this Country?

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