“INVISIBLE BLACK WOMAN: BEYOND BEYONCE, ACADEMIA AND THE WORLD”
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1 min readMar 19, 2017
“It is something very exhausting and triggering about being asked to take up so much space and be invisible at the same time. This is what academia asks of me daily. This is what the world asks of me as black woman each day. This is what the religion of my youth asks of me each day. You, in some way or another, ask me for this each day. “Show up EbonyJanice. Don’t just sit there. Your silence makes you seem like a bitch. Black girls can’t be introverts. Invest in this space. Give us something. Dance for us if we ask. Prove you belong here. Now be quiet.””
