Embracing Yourself

 “I am black and I love myself." This was not always an easy thing for me to say. As I grew up I used to hate my skin, my hair, and race. Every day I would look at social media and think to myself "why don’t I look like those girl”. I'm not what society deems as beautiful; I wasn't pale with colored eyes and long straight hair. I was brown with kinky hair and brown eyes. I would look at myself every day in the mirror and wish I could change the way I looked. Society painted black women as unattractive, aggressive, load, and with no class. Due to the way that black women are portrayed in movies and TV shows. So, growing up I never wanted to be painted in this image because I thought others wouldn't view me as socially acceptable. It wasn't till senior year of high school everything switched for me. I started hanging out with a group of black girls who didn't give a damn about what people thought of them and loved every part of their blackness. Since then I have learned to love the skin I am in and embrace who I am. Being a black woman in America isn't an easy thing so I created this blog for black women to embrace their culture and talk about fears, struggles, insecurities, to learn and love them self's. While providing others with insight of how black women feel in society. Helping them become socially aware and possibly change the view of black women.

-This is a positive space where you are free to say whatever is on your mind!!!