The Toxic Mold
"Why is it that the color of my skin automatically assumes so many things about me?"
Why is it that
the color of my skin
automatically assumes so many things about me?
Why would you know my personality type,
my childhood story, my mental health issues
just by seeing the color of my skin?
And how come
when I am not
the things people assume about me
they try to strip me of my own identity?
Because when I do not sound a certain way
I'm not really black.
Because when I do not act a certain way
I'm not really black.
The media portrays me as
loud
bossy
seductive
They show me in a mini skirt,
doped up standing on the corner
or in the back of a car with my pimp.
How am I supposed to make a
good first impression
when these are the things you are thinking about me?
But what if I'm none of those things?
What if most black women are none of those things?
How am I supposed to prove that I really am
a “true” black women?
But what if I don't really even want to?
Why do I need to prove to someone
who is willing to think I am nothing
in the first place
that I am the way they perceive me?
No,
I am not going to change myself
to fit into the mold of the person you want me to be
About the Creator
Kamari Grace
small town girl in a big world
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