Black women really are making magic these days. 2015 has been a big year for female creatives
of color. I’m sure you agree. It is undeniable to anyone in the entrepreneurial,
creative, or online marketing space that black girls are experiencing unprecedented
reach while building amazing platforms and empires.
The fact that this is happening is undeniable. However, for a few paragraphs, I want to talk about why it’s happening.
The fact that this is happening is undeniable. However, for a few paragraphs, I want to talk about why it’s happening.
“Out-of-the-box thinkers…resilient...resourceful...able to withstand significant hardship
in pursuit of a better future…creators/visionaries...the minority…loved and hated
for just being themselves…used to
needing to prove their value to
others”
These words describe ENTREPRENEURS.
However, these words also describe BLACK WOMEN.
These words describe YOU.
Despite the fact that the traits vital to successful entrepreneurship
are also natural to women of color, historically ownership and
entrepreneurship have been dominated by white males. Of course, this is not because they make for
better entrepreneurs. After all…they are
the majority, loved by most, and as a group they don’t have to prove their value to anyone in
our society.
It’s because systemically and socially, white males have
been granted a louder and stronger voice in our world.
However, in the new global economy in which we live, online
platforms such as Periscope and Blab are leveling the playing field for women
"CreatHERS" of color and we can now capitalize on what comes natural. They are allowing the world to see and hear us
unfiltered and unscripted. They are
allowing our variability, greatness, and creative genius to flow without
restraint.
Given this fact, I encourage each of you to not sleep on
your natural inclination for success in a creative space.
In my experience with helping beautiful women of color to process their hurts and challenges in order to use them to create the life they want, many times they didn't see that whether they decide to tap into it or not, they have all the ingredients for success written into their melanin-infused DNA.
In my experience with helping beautiful women of color to process their hurts and challenges in order to use them to create the life they want, many times they didn't see that whether they decide to tap into it or not, they have all the ingredients for success written into their melanin-infused DNA.
Well before we were physically free as black women, we
learned how to use our minds to create and envision what we could not yet manifest.
Well before we were paid any coins for our brilliance, we knew
we had limitless value.
Well before we saw sacrifice pay off in the end,
we trusted and believed that it would.
So don’t sleep on your potential. Get busy working on healing what ails you,
learning about yourself, and sharing your creative genius.
Don’t sleep on yourself my fellow creative of
color, because the rest of the world is finally waking up.
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