Posted on Thursday, 26 April 2012

What begins as empowering self-definition can quickly become a prison. By adopting and reproducing the icon of the strong black woman, African American women help craft an expectation that they should be autonomously responsible and self-denying caregivers in their homes and communities. This means that they are validated, admired, and praised based on how they behave, not on who they are.
Melissa Harris-Perry

(Source: wretchedoftheearth)

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