"Don't accept the acceptance of being accepted." - Unknown
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As young, educated, black females we often look at the world around us and wonder where do we fit in? In the present, I am not just one classification, characteristics, or attribute, but I am always seen as a black female. This took a while for me to accept. Not that I see anything wrong with my brown skin, but being an adult forced me to confront how others view me, first and perhaps only in the context of my race then my gender. I then began to take extreme notice to how black women were perceived in various outlets in American society and the world as a whole. After speaking with many close friends and family of diverse backgrounds I came to the conclusion that black women need to be represented in more positive lights in all aspects. We are often reduced to sluts, whores, baby mommas, the educated but too-independent black woman, the loud mouth, or the worst "the angry black woman". In coming together to form this site about our shared experiences as black women, I thought what better name for our blog than just how they view us anyways. 2blkgrls. Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal
After talking about building a blog together LB and I had to come up with a domain name. Something that would grab people's attention. Something that would be easy to remember. Something that would start conversations. Something that represented us. Two black girls. Once LB said that, I wasn't too sure, but I looked it up on Google. Do you know what I found? Negativity. A good majority of the results were negative; two black girls fighting, two black girls f*ck the same d*ick, two black girls murdered etc... The only positive was a podcast from the UK about two black girls living in the UK. We wanted to voice our opinions. We wanted to start conversations. We wanted to showcase the intelligence, diversity, and openness from two college-educated black girls. Thus 2 Black Girls Blog was born. This form is just from 2 black girls perspective. It isn't solely a "black outlet". We will touch on world issues and happenings. We would like for all people to learn and contribute to our blog. We just hope for ALL PEOPLE to have an open mind, the willingness to understand other viewpoints and be understood. WRITTEN BY: VIOLA CONSTANCE | @Voila_its_Viola
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