Being A Black Woman In America Can Be Exhausting — Here’s Why
I never used to mention my race, but over the course of the last few years, I have increasingly drawn strength from my Blackness.
I’m tired of watching my people be brutalized and exploited under law and then being told that racism is over because the civil rights movement was 50 years ago and we have a Black president.
I should not be solely responsible for reminding my white peers that 400 years of oppression cannot be undone in 40 years.
Radford Lathan is an international development and education consultant and teacher based in Brooklyn. The views expressed here are her own.