Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker
If you were to look around you’ll notice a huge pool of black women who are evidently black, proud, beautiful, but most importantly happy. For so long the media portrayed the black woman with the typical stereotype of being “angry”. The Angry Black Woman is a stereotype about black women which has also been known as the Sapphire – “Sassy”. This trope became popular in the 1930s on a radio show Amos ‘n’ Andy with the character Sapphire. See, Sapphire originated the neck and eye rolling, smacking of the teeth, etc. Trust me, there is a long history of the Angry Black Woman but I just had to take yall to school with a real quick history lesson. Of course everyone has the cliche moments of their ups and there downs but com’on does it really make it easier for the black woman to be deemed as angry than any other race? Rhetorical question, because of course it does. With the instant uproar in Black America you can find black woman at the front lines fighting for what’s right, speaking their minds, and standing up for what’s on their hearts – and again we are constantly used as a joke, some social media meme for the long history of issues that break our hearts more than they make us angry.
Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.” – Oprah Winfrey
But for our Happy Black Woman, the woman who is creating a life she loves, who is liberating herself from her past along with the stereotypes the media has placed on her. There’s something slightly different but extremely unique about her. She has always existed despite everything we’ve been given – she has been here with her feet planted and has not and will not be moved by this world. From Maya Angelou, Eartha Kitt, Shirely Chislom to Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Willow Smith, Quvenzhane Wallis, Amber Janae, Mrs. Smith from Goldenrod to my mentor Debra Sweezer, etc. There are plenty of more women to add to that category.
Happy Black Woman are everywhere. They are the remarkable women who are knocking down doors, and making bold moves. They set the example of being able to foresee a vision over their life and accomplish it. If you’re like myself, you’re the woman with many ideas that may go from one day being all about women empowerment to the next day sitting in your office coding and crating web designs, or wanting to collect food donations to send overseas to a third world country or starting your own speech pathology practice or even being a mentor at your local Children’s home. You’re a visionary, you seek to change your world, this world. . You believe in yourself and all of your capabilities. See, we are the women that remind even ourselves at times that yes, you can do anything you want all while becoming the inspiration you’ve always needed. It’s something so sweet and brilliant about our woman – the black woman. She is it.
Oh and a big thank you to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – all that there for allowing us to have a medium to express this upmost level of blissfullness and a very captivating energy we have created amongst one another. Social media allows us millennial women to connect with different generations and women from across the globe, we motivate and inspire each other daily. For so long black woman have used as a tool to depict anger, hate, brokenness, and hurt but with new age technology we have grown to realize that despite what we have faced we still have the power in us to be happy. Often times when speaking our minds it becomes characterized as animosity which then forces us to be seen as the bruised and battered. Well, allow me correct you now because we are happy within ourselves to have to beautiful bodies, strong romantic relationships, meaningful friendships, successful businesses, and amazing and very supportive community of woman who look just like us. This isn’t an act, epidemic, nor is it a phase black woman are love, we are magic, we strive to be the best, to create, to inspire. Just look around we are all around and we are happy!
“Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” – Sadie Delany
Happy Black Woman, I see you!
Here’s a list of my favorite social media communities that not only empower women but push them each to find their light and perseve.
Twitter: #BlackGirlsWhoBlog
Amber Janae’s Who Is Amber Janae
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online community that motivates and inspires women!
– Sharry Moore
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❤ thank you, lovely!