Stress

"The Nigger Woman is the mule of the world" When Zora slip this line in Nanny's lecture to Jannie, in her epic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, She spoke volumes of Black Women's place in society at that time. Though it is hard to be a young Black women in America at this present time, with the misogynistic rap videos, being told we will never get married, we will have to choose career or relationship, our net worth being $5, and our private hair and skin issues publicized- We still have a voice and more choices than our Grandmothers, and our mothers. There are many of us who now self inflict this "Mule of the World" philosophy. We try to have it all at once. We have our school work, organizations, businesses, side hustles, blogs(lol), internships, our man, staying in shape, staying conscience of ourselves and carrying the race on our backs. With all these things going on in the minds of young Black women its a wonder why we are not all on the brink of a nervous break down.

We represent ourselves our families, our universities and prospective organizations, and the Diaspora eveytime we walk out of the house. Its too much. Sometimes i just want to scream for freedom of this passed down thought process.

We should hustle and push ourselves, but not past the point of exhaustion. We have to learn our limitations. I love being a Black women because of our strength and our tenacity. We can display these characteristics without juggling 100 things at once.

Let it go sistahs,

Love,
PO Little Black Girl