This is a letter to dark skin girls.

 Israel.Ysrayl, a Jim Crow restroom sign.
Just to put this issue in an absolute perspective.

I'm writing this after seeing a back and forth debate on Tumblr about black girls and colorism. Dark girls expressed their experiences, light girls expressed their experiences, and both experiences were weighed and measured and categorized. Some people put one problem over another while others put both problems on the same level.

I'm writing this because I believe my experiences have given me a pretty clear view of this issue.

I'll begin this, as always, with a disclaimer.

This is about relaxed vs natural hair.

found on Pinterest of all places

I have a lot of problems with this.

Obviously I have a huge bias, so I'm gonna do my best to check it at the door.

I will be as objective as humanly possible starting now:

Who the hell made this?

What was your goal here?

Did you download Photoshop just for this?

Did you purposely choose the silhouette of an oddly shaped afro?

This is about how not to celebrate Black History Month.

one more week left!

1. Do not tell that "February is the shortest month of the year" joke. Everybody knows the joke. So stop. Hell, I'd take just one week for Black History if that meant classrooms would actually teach more than just Dr. King and Rosa Parks - as if my history just began in 1964. But I guess for white America my history did begin in 1964…I digress to say that the joke - much like my public school education - is stale. Move on.

2. Do not serve fried chicken and watermelon in school cafeterias to celebrate Black History Month.

This is Ratchet Poetry Presents 1.

Inspired by the always eventful Soul Fo' Mondays at DePaul University, a group of friends and myself decided to do some poetry of our own. Sure, by professional standards we're subpar, but by all things ratchet, we are gems! After some deep thinking and staying up literally the entire night, we found the inspiration.
I proudly introduce the first installment of Ratchet Poetry Presents.

This is the consensus to "the black girl thing".

To my very huge and dramatic surprise, no one said anything.
But the large number of views on This is about the "black girl" thing., however, was a surprise.

This is about the "black girl" thing.

Twitter keeps it real, but that doesn't mean people don't tweet some dumb ish. I've written enough about the discrimination against black girls, but hopefully this vlog will wrap up my arguments...for some time anyway. Listen to this crap, then hit me up with your comments. There will be no progress until we start talking...and there will be no end to my whining until there's progress. Hahaaaa! But really though.

This is,

MAB