To The Beautiful Black Girl …
To the beautiful black girl that with a high booty and long legs
I see you
To the beautiful black girl with no booty and big boobs
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that’s really ‘skinny’
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that’s chubby
I see you
To the beautiful black girl with ‘bad’ feet
I see you
To the beautiful black girl with ‘good’ feet
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that was told she would never make it
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that doesn’t look like everyone else
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that doesn’t see herself on stage
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that learned to dance in her room
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that didn’t have the money for ‘proper’ dance lessons
I see you
To the beautiful black girl with no place to go
I see you
To the beautiful black girl dancing from ‘experience’
I see you
To the beautiful black girl dancing from the heart
I see you
To the beautiful black girl that had no choice in being black
I see you
To the beautiful black girl pushing through adversity
I see you
To you, you beautiful black girl
I see you
There was no way I was going to let BLACK HISTORY MONTH go by without saying anything. I do not care if my blackness intimidates, bothers, angers, or upsets you. I AM A BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN and I do not need you to see me, because I SEE ME. I see my worth, I understand my presence, and I LOVE ME, WHOLLY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY. I will not let the walls of society break me or be held back by ‘standard.’
And while, this wasn’t when I intended to post my tribute to Black History Month, the universe has a funny way of giving inspiration. So here are some pictures of that beautiful black girl.
Photo by Emily Hunt 
Photo by Emily Hunt 
Photo by Emily Hunt 
Photo by Emily Hunt
Toi B. Brown 