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Divine Living For Black Women: “Will You Be A Pawn, Or Will You Be A Queen?”
“Will you be a pawn, or will you be a queen?”
Prince Kenneth, Grimm
As a black woman I was conditioned from young to protect black men and their image at any cost, including my sanity and physical safety. Only in our community are women tasked with safeguarding men who not only are physically stronger than them, but this unpaid labor of toxic love is not reciprocated in any way. After all, the #protectblackwomen hashtag exists for a reason.
To get a better view of how this culture grooms young black girls, especially dark skinned girls, into guard dogs for their stronger, able-bodied fathers and other grown men who are more than capable of protecting themselves, you just need to go online and view the artwork created by black male artists, showcasing dark skinned girls and women standing in to protect black boys and black men from conflict with other men.
Instead of these men guarding their sons, and having the courage to deal with their issues like grown men, they cower and hide behind the frilly dresses and skirts of the feminine with the expectation that they will always find a fortress of safety in our rage, endless protesting, and around-the-clock labor on their behalf, not ours. Interestingly enough, the artists who insist on…
