Thursday, May 28, 2009

Black Women aren't Born Mean, You made us this way

For years it has been said that women of color, or black women, have what many call an "attitude problem." They say we roll our eyes, swirve our necks, and suck our teethe. Well this may be true for some if not most black women. However I do believe that the stereotype is just that, a stereotype. It is no fact that all black women have attitudes and honestly the definition of an attitude may vary among different people. Yes we can be mean sometime. Yes we can be short and unpatient, however, we are not born this way, we are made this way. Black men have walked all over us for decades. They've cheated on us, beat on us, and disrespected us. After a while we grew smarter and realized that we didn't have to put up with that. We learned to speak up, but we knew we couldn't speak in a gentle tone. We had to put some fire in words and speach. We had to appear and sound fierce. After so many years of being let down and losing trust in our men and this world alone, we realized we had to make it our way or not make it at all. So we stopped asking for respect, we demanded it, and if we didn't get it we weren't scared to tell you how we felt and leave your ass. We didn't asked to be treated kindly and fair, we demanded it. It was the only way we could get them to listen. It's a damn shame that we had to get like this for them to understand that we're not taking in bull, but oh well. We were all born sweet women willing to do anything for that special guy until that special guy stepped all over us time and time again. So we're tired of being stepped on so we put on our new face, our "attitudes" But always remember, we were not born like this we were made this way!

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