Black Women Can Never Not See Color

 


 

As Black Women, we don’t have the luxury (aka PRIVILEGE)
of not seeing color because we’re constantly reminded of
ours.

 


In this episode your hosts, Shirley (Shirl) Hubbard  and
Natalyn  (Natty)  Bradshaw answer the question,


 


“Why was Shades of Strong created specifically for black
women?”


 


YUP!!!  Someone actually hopped in the Shades of Strong
inbox to ask, “why not all women”.  


So, Shirl and Natty waste no time giving the inquiring mind the
answer to her burning question.


Shirl admits that she was a little skeptical about creating a
space for black women ONLY because she didn’t want to contribute
to the divisiveness that is is our country. But then, she
remembered that…


 


Everything created for ALL women, was
NEVER created with Black Women in mind.


 


…and from that thought Shades of Strong was birthed. 


 


Now, if you’ve listened to any of the show’s previous episodes,
you know the conversation went A LOT deeper than
that.  


 


Shirl and Natty dive head first into how most of us (Black Women)
didn’t grow up like our white counterparts. Our burdens, our
privilege, our struggles, our experiences, our REALITIES are not
the same.  


 


And before you go saying, I don’t see color or we all
bleed the same, the hosts SHUT THAT DOWN too! 


 



We bleed red like everyone else, but our blood is heavily
seasoned with the pain and struggle of our ancestors and with
that of ALL THE BLACK WOMEN who dare to have a voice and are
ridiculed and persecuted for doing so. 


 


…. and while saying, “I don’t see color”, seems like a noble
stance, it is ultimately discounting our identities and our
experiences as black women living in America.


 


These gold nuggets only scratch the surface of this
episode.  And you know you want more, otherwise you wouldn’t
have scrolled down this far.   So scroll back to the
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and get the rest of this goodness in your life.


 


And when you’re finished, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the
subject.  So, head over to  Shades of
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