Posts tagged Your Truth
Dear Black Girl: Why Receiving An Oscar Can’t Determine Your Worth
Dear Black Girl: Why Receiving An Oscar Can’t Determine Your Worth

You can't let anybody else determine your worth and you can't solely be motivated by external recognition of your work either. Of course, everyone wants that acknowledgement of a job well done, and if that acknowledgement comes with a trophy, even better. But...

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EntertainmentViolette W.Jada Pinkett Smith, The Oscars, Blacks, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Janet Hubert, Will Smith, Your Truth, Motivation, Acknowledgement, #oscarssowhite, #dearblackgirlComment
Issa Rae's Story & The Importance Of YOUR Black Girl Story
Issa Rae's Story & The Importance Of YOUR Black Girl Story

It was in this moment of despair that Rae, upon drawing in her journal, that she inscribed the words "I'm awkward. And Black". It's these words, and how they contradicted the black women generally portrayed...

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EntertainmentViolette W.Issa Rae, Prentice Penny, Showrunner, HBO, Insecure, Social media, YouTube, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Vision, TV Show, Sweden, Black Culture, Black Girl, Black Life, Mockumentary, MTV, BET, Black Women, African-American, Your Story, Your Truth, Minority Writers, WriterComment