I’ve been binge watching some of this poetry channel and so many of these poems are incredibly powerful. Here’s the one I just finished.
These two women talk about how being black women means not being good enough for black men outside of birthing them and raising them. Give it a watch if you have time!
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Wow- very powerful Ann. Thanks for sharing.
“My whole existence is defiance”
I am sure lots of women of color will relate to this. Also, great for classroom discussion.
PS. Materials are for the materials evaluation assignment, so I categorized this as a resource. I also removed the video and made a hyperlink because the video wasn’t displaying properly.
It’s just so interesting to see this laid out among different groups. In the Asian community, the stereotype is that most Asian women only want to date white men. It’s so personal and so raw when people lay out their emotions.
I love button poetry, but I had never seen this one. Speechless.
“like he wasn’t birthed from a black womb” – this section where they talk about the irony of black men not dating black women and the only black beauty is the black that is mixed is incredibly powerful.
Anything from Button Poetry makes for amazing class discussion. Thinking linguistically, these women speak very clearly and concisely as well – making for comprehensible input. Something like this could maybe even be used in a lower level class.
Right? I’m obsessed. I don’t think my neighbors appreciate all the raging against white people, but as long as they learn.
I think this idea of deep self hate is applicable in so many contexts, a hatred so pervasive (? is that the word?) that you turn away from those that remind you of the things you can’t stand about yourself.
I would love to discuss more topics like this in our class, in my future classes, but within my context it’s so difficult. Worth a venture even in middle school because that’s when learners start to notice more about their identity that they don’t like because society tells them that those things are less desireable.
Thanks for sharing this insightful article.
Loved the tone and clarity.
Such a valuable resource.