BABY YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
Mommy why aren't I
beautiful?” She whispered . As she sat between her legs, combing her
long natural kinky Afro textured hair
with each strand stands confidently in it spring like helix shape.
If
only that confidence mirrored that little girl.
Her eyes spies beauty of
euro-centrism flaunting around from on
the media to on the streets and she suddenly feels like a minority, unaccepted
and a weak sense of belonging.
How do I create confidence
into a child who was birthed in a world where a wider European culture is
shown as pre-eminent?
How can she see that her eyes
represent her ancestral fights for rights and freedom for equity?
That failed as they sailed along
the coast line with chains bound on their ankle as they lay and packed like boxes on boats and sold.
How is she to go out into the
world and boast her intelligence and sow what her ancestors reaped
For they wept for a chance
to become something.
Now this is the time my
child.
Our time.
Parents your time to show every child that can reach for the
stars, follow their dreams, stay focus, believe and achieve.
MY BLACK GIRLS AND BOYS.
YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE BRIGHT.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE ANYTHING
YOU PUT YOUR MIND AND HEART.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
YOU ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH
YOUR DREAMS.
KEEP SHOOTING FOR THE STARS.
By Jameela Manswell.
