Through the eyes of this black woman, I would like to encourage women of color to continue to speak out because in the wake of the Oklahoma police officer who raped 12 Black women who now will be serving 263 years in prison. I believe he thought he was going to get off, maybe justifying that Black women don't matter.
When you think about what these women went through, only another Black woman would understand there is a difference in how rape effects us opposed to how it effects white women.
Let's take a look at history, during slavery our women were raped by their slave masters on a daily basis even to go as far as to conceive babies with them.
We have been destroyed from the inside over and over again. But as you know, this story about the Officer Holtzclaw got little media attention because it was BLACK WOMEN we have become so insignificant to society by some of the small minded people, also the idea that we as Black women don't appreciate or honor each other doesn't help change that persona about us.
There are some white people who think of us as ANGRY BLACK WOMEN they don't think we matter.
Men in general have long since taken advantage of us in every way that's possible. This is not a man bashing blog. I just want you to understand that WE DO MATTER the black woman matters. We have souls we have feelings, we have aspirations, we have dreams, and our bodies belong to us. You have no right to invade us without our permission.
Being a survivor of rape and sexual assault I can truly understand how those women felt. Especially when it comes to someone of authority. I felt powerless even before the threat if I told on him. My rape happen while I was serving my country.
Which makes it so much crueler to me, Because just like those women the same people that is supposed protect you, took total advantage of you.
But I feel very proud of them because they spoke out whether it was sooner or later they did speak out.
I was told I didn't report it to the right people but they forgot that I was threatened if did tell no one would believe me.
So how do you go against a verbal threat or a known fact. You can't so you go through life just dealing with life because that is what we Black women are supposed to do.
So again I say to them my hats go off to those brave women....
Because we not valued by all our men, we are in this battle to be relevant to each other, to ourselves and to our men.
WE ARE REAL WOMEN MADE OUT OF FLESH AND BLOOD WE HAVE FEELINGS TOO.
