Behind the Mask of the Angry Black Woman | Featuring Ife Madzimoyo

 



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“Black women ain’t out here angry for nothing!”

Ife Madzimoyo hit the nail on head with this one.  As a
matter of fact (in my honest opinion), no truer words have ever
been spoken. So, Natty and I invited the Queen of
emotional wellness [for black women] to join us at the
table to see if together we could shed some light on why
black women are so angry.


…and boy did we!  Y’all know how Iyanla Vanzant is always
saying “call a thing a thing”? 


Oh! My Gosh!  We did that!  We unpacked so much
goodness in this one episode and there’s still so much more to
unpack. 


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… and it all started with one (“LOADED”) question,


,
“When you hear the words,
angry black woman what’s the first thing that comes to
mind?”


The responses ranged from “a very flippant way of attempting to
control someone”  to “extremely dismissive”. But that
doesn’t even scratch the surface of just how deep this
conversation goes.


We talked about the internal (how we may have inadvertently taken
on the title of the angry black woman ourselves), as well as the
external label (how this label has been placed on us by the
white/eurocentric, dominant culture).


We then went on to chat it up about internalized oppression, our
ancestors and how they expressed or didn’t express anger (or any
emotion), and how that contributes to how we express our
emotions.


And if that wasn’t enough, we went there with how the “we are not
our ancestors” memes are completely disrespectful to those who
fought with valor, as well as to those who often remained silent
in the name of survival.  


We then wrapped it all up with how we can support each other
physically, spiritually and emotionally while building and
growing together.


Seriously, this conversation could have gone on for days and we
still wouldn’t have unpacked everything.  


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