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1StrongBlackMan

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6. Wow ...

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 08:14 AM

Jul 2014

I kept feeling that I was quite making a connection here ... I got it now.

The 'strong black woman' stereotype is just that - a stereotype being fed to us to replace all of the other ones.

People use stereotypes as a way to not have to engage in another person's authentic self. Our (society's) pushing the strong Black Woman stereotype is not about our engaging Black Women; but rather, our absolving ourselves from actually having to engage her, by addressing the bad sh!t that we do, and worse, allow to happen ... and still worse, encourage.

Thanks for helping me close a connection.

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Unbreakable or The Problem with Praising Blackgirl Strength [View all] ismnotwasm Jul 2014 OP

It is also posted libodem Jul 2014 #1

It's buzzfeeed - yeah I know - but this is what Ism is getting at here JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #5

The reality of it is hard to take libodem Jul 2014 #7

But who learns? JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #8

I read The Help libodem Jul 2014 #9

I didn't like the book or the movie - The Help JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #10

You should write it libodem Jul 2014 #12

I am completely bouncing back and forth ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #2

And no black woman JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #4

This says so much JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #3

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #6

This is my hope for your daughter's generation JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #11

Thank you for the discussion ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #13

Thank you for the reference JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #14