We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.
One lady told me that before she saw 'Sounder' she didn't believe black people could love each other, have deep relationships in the same way as white people.
Black women know that we've got to take care of it - so we take care of it. It's just embedded in us.
There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can!
I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.
We as men, in particular black men, are constantly supported, nurtured, forgiven, apologized for, led, followed and coddled by black women, and they get very little in return.
Learn to love being black.
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love.