You look so mad, you should smile more!” says the older white man passing her on the street. In response, she stared at him blankly as she flipped him off and kept walking. There are so many reasons to be angry especially when you’re a black woman in America thus, she tries to reclaim the stereotypical label of an “angry black woman”. Why shouldn’t she be angry? In America, the black woman is the most overlooked, sharing experiences that are successfully silenced by white America. For them, there are no open doors; only constant war within themselves, their own community, and their position within society. When people ask her who she is, she proudly claims to be an angry black woman. She would no longer attempt to appease white people who feel uncomfortable around her. Who is she? She is someone who will speak her mind and stand up for her beliefs. She is not someone who changes the way they speak or the things they say to appeal to a white audience. She is finally comfortable in her own skin, finding appreciation in the ways her culture makes her an individual. She is not someone who lets white commentary about her clothing, her hair, and the way she speaks determine her intelligence or professionalism. Yes, she is loud, she does speak in ebonics, and she does hope that her words flow like lava, scorching the myth that she is nothing more than her trauma. To reintroduce herself, she is an activist who stands with her community. She is an artist, who takes her anger and throws it onto a canvas. She writes poetry like her ancestors did before her to tell their stories. She makes music in the same tempo of the heartbeats of little black girls everywhere. She bakes with the same love that has been passed down to her from generations before. Nine years of Karate yet, none of it prepared her for the constant combat within herself. And she loves to change her hair, allowing herself to become a new, better her, every day. She loves her anger because it allows her to do all these beautiful things and she does not care what she is labeled. She is black and she is power. She is an angry black woman.
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