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Mammies, Jezebels, Sapphires. Black women in America have long been dogged by negative stereotypes, rooted in a history of racism and slavery.
Black women everywhere
Black women should be celebrated for not being completely consumed by anger!
Black Girl with Attitude
Men are allowed to be angry as a performance of masculinity. White women are allowed to be angry as a clarion call. So black women should be encouraged to express their anger as well, particularly in the face of injustice.
Learning how to help and support the Vulnerable Population In Clayton County!
Who is vulnerable during times of crisis? Economic Disadvantage Health Conditions Physically Challenged Mentally Challenged Children Elderly Homeless Language
MPC exists to assist Black Women and their networks to thrive and survive.
Melanated Pearl engages with civic and elected leaders at the Clayton County Democrats meeting.
It’s our passion for equity that drives us. Black women want better. Better choices. Better pathways. Better options. Just better!
Yesterday, I joined the Clayton County Democrats and I left empowered and inspired! #blackwomenlead #engage
Melanated Pearl Corporation celebrates the brilliance and resilience that is the black female!
If you want better you have to be better!
Better informed!
Georgia’s 13th Congressional Districtis located in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area and encircles the city. It includes all of Douglas County and portions of Clayton, Cobb, Fayette, Fulton, and Henry counties.
This is what people fail to understand about the intersection of race and gender.
Not only are black women, our experiences and contributions, most often omitted and overlooked, but we are also the ones who are most often forgotten about when those same experiences and contributions push these discussions, the resistance and the fight for equity, equality and justice forward.
Yet, we are often the one’s screaming the loudest and fighting the hardest! #blackwomenmatter #pearlgirl
Yeah, I might be frustrated but I will keep moving forward! #activist
Today I’m tasked with viewing the final remains of my father before his home going service. One of my favorite memories of my dad is from spring 1995, I was a Jr in H.S. and going to my first prom CGHS. I remember going to the mall with my friends and looking at the price tags and thinking, I’d likely have to steal my prom dress. #jokingnotjoking
But, thankfully my dad had a plan. He didn’t have the money, but he did work at a hospital and one day brought home a fashion magazine from that hospital. He told me to look through that magazine until I found a dress I wanted and I did. He took me to a fabric store and introduced me to a woman who helped me pick out fabric and a pattern. He bought me a Marta card and every couple of days two weeks, I rode the school bus home and then rode Marta to Piedmont hospital for a dress fitting. And as my dad cleaned those floors and took out the trash and completed whatever random responsibilities he was tasked with. I waited in a women’s locker room, where a woman measured me, then took that magazine picture, the fabric and pattern…and made me a dress!
I don’t remember the seamstress, I couldn’t tell you her name nor what it cost my dad to pull this off. I can only say that in 1995, I went to Prom and I had a black satin dress and it was one of a kind! #custommadedress #blackwomenmagic #blackfathersmatter #pearlgirl #blackgirlmagic #blackwomen #blackdadsmatter
