“We both know this could become one of those iconic photos. This could be one of those photos that they study one day: ‘Pretty Handsome Brother On The Corner With Obama Phone and $150 Watch.’ And we both know that if I wasn’t so statuesque, this photo never would have happened. You are about to get famous off Mr. Bradley. Now I don’t mind. I don’t mind if white, black, or purple people prosper. But when this picture sells for $10 million, you come back and find me. Cause I’m gonna need one-tenth of that.”
The Revolution
For black girls who have to pretend to be strong yet go home breaking down in the middle of the night, trying to breathe. Trying to breathe.
For black girls battling depression. For those who feel so alone in a world telling them the disease is for whites alone. Please, live.
For black girls who are imperfect, insecure and trying to fit into a world that stifles their voice. For black girls still learning to glow.
For black girls trying to fit into a world so afraid of their beauty they sell them cream to lighten their skin. For their black skin.
For black girls who smile when they see themselves represented.
Ijeoma Umebinyuo,
For days that feel heavy and days that feel light
for days that feel beautiful and days that break you
(via theijeoma)
some ppl can trace their ancestry back by centuries and that’s amazing to me, i cant wrap my head around that, that doesnt seem real to me
idk just, shoutout to everyone who has lost family records and entire cultures and languages due to colonization & slavery. it fucking hurts, it hurts so bad
