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We Can Do Hard Things
It was quoted at the end of a section discussing the experiences of black girls and the lack of space for them to express and process their emotions, particularly in relation to trauma.
There was no air for me, a dark skinned black girl who had been damaged and used. There was no air for me to be anything, but what they said I was. Girls like me didn't get the air to cry, the air to...
— Episode: 34. UNBOUND with Tarana Burke—Part 1
Episode: 34. UNBOUND with Tarana Burke—Part 1
It was quoted at the end of a section discussing the experiences of black girls and the lack of space for them to express and process their emotions, particularly in relation to trauma.
There was no air for me, a dark skinned black girl who had been damaged and used. There was no air for me to be anything, but what they said I was. Girls like me didn't get the air to cry, the air to release our shame, the air to say, I don't want to fight you. I don't even know why I'm so mad at you, except for that you look like me and who the fuck am I? We didn't get the air to be reborn and handled warmly. So that last line is from Ntozake Shange book for colored girls.