Encounters with Misogynoir– Hatred and Mistreatment of Black Women is My Everyday Experience– My Own Family Are The Greatest Threat to My Freedom and Safety.

I have lived long enough in this body with my skin and with my hair to say a few things for certain!

The first being, I am treated worse, out in the world, on average, by the average person. I am hardly treated with respect out in the world, out in the workplace, wherever. I am not seen, I am pushed passed, I am cut in front of, I am treated with an unnecessary hostility and hatred, by strangers and by family, alike.

Misogynoir, it is real and I am feeling it. The hostility toward my very existence, toward my goodness, toward my love, toward my being, toward my beauty.

My family. Why do they treat me so poorly, with little respect, with unrealistic standards, with little love, but many criticisms, double standards, and anger, when there are real adversaries to target? No where is safety, but the arms of my Lord.

I truly pray to leave this evil nation and to land safely in the arms of a community that knows how to treat me with respect, love, and embrace.