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Dear AmeriKKKa ::
“De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so far as Ah can see." ~Their Eyes Were Watching God
If your goal was to make me FEEL like the mule that Zora describes in Their Eyes Were Watching God, you did that!
I feel unprotected.
I feel disrespected.
I feel unsupported.
I feel undervalued.
I feel unappreciated.
I feel lonely.
I feel unloved.
I feel used.
I feel unpretty.
I feel like that damn mule because you’ve created an environment where:
Society doesn’t respect me.
Black men see no value in me.
I am taught to uphold patriarchal values.
I am tricked into protesting, fighting for agendas that don’t include me.
I am taught to take care of everyone in the world, but myself.
I receive substandard healthcare and when I demand better I am ignored.
My body is used for everyone’s pleasure.
My disappearance and death goes unnoticed and without concern.
I am living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and crushing under its weight wondering who will stand for the Black woman?
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