naturalhairqueens:

Don’t let anyone tell you that you should be happy just to be there



DON’T EVER FEEL SATISFIED JUST BEING INCLUDED:

-You deserve to be the center of attention just as much as anybody else

-You deserve to be the superstar just as much as anybody else

-You deserve to be the main attraction just as much as anybody else

-You deserve to be the leader just as much as anybody else

-You deserve to be in the middle, all eyes on you, just as much as anybody else

-You were not born to be in someone else’s shadow

*****IT IS NOT THE STANDARD FOR YOU TO BE STEPPED ON, SO THAT OTHERS CAN SHINE. IT IS NOT THE STANDARD FOR YOU TO BE USED AS A PROP SO THAT OTHERS WHO FIT SOCIETY’S “STANDARD OF BEAUTY” CAN APPEAR TO BE MORE WORTHY BY PLACING THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEA OF DARKNESS, OR IN FRONT OF YOU. DO-NOT-WALK-BEHIND. DO-NOT-ALLOW-YOURSELF-TO-BE-USED-AS-PROPS*****

Beware of how you are being depicted in the media. Don’t be happy just to be included, that you accept whatever is handed to you. You are a STAR. Don’t allow yourself to follow for the sake of following. Don’t allow others to use your darkness to emphasize society’s standards of beauty. Wake up. Always ask yourself, why am I the background dancer? Why am I not the leading role? Why am I off to the side? Why am I walking behind? Why am I in the corner? Why am I not the one sitting on the throne? Yes you. Dark skinned girl. You are worthy of sitting on the THRONE. You are a QUEEN. Don’t let anyone perpetuate colorism or racism, in order to use you as a prop, so that they can look royal and you can look basic. That is NOT your truth. That is not the standard. You deserve to LEAD. If someone really wants you to shine, they will stand WITH you. Not in front of you. Not centered in the presence of darkness so that they can be the main attraction. They will stand with you. EQUALLY. Not everyone who says they are for you, is for you. If someone is for you, they will stand with you EQUALLY. They will give up the privileges that they reap from colorism and racism, so that things can be fair and equal. They will not push you to the back. They will not sit on a throne while you are left without a title. They will acknowledge that you are EQUAL. It’s a matter of power. If someone is FOR you, they will stand WITH you. REMEMBER that. Not in front of you. YOU ARE A STAR. Don’t let anyone push you to the back. STEP to the FRONT.