July 8, 2020
My brows are thin.
My eyes are brown.
My nose is small.
My ears are basically symmetrical.
The hairs on my arms are visibly unseen.
My hair sometimes gray — sometimes red — sometimes black — but always sandy brown.
I wonder if you’ve ever noticed these attributes?
I wonder if you’ve ever looked past my Black?
I am a word-a-holic.
I am a Creative Being.
I am a reader and a writer.
I am an artist at heart and an educator on purpose.
I wonder if you’ve ever noticed these attributes?
I wonder if you’ve ever looked past my Black?
If you saw the attributes of Sandra Bland, Treyvon Martin, Breona Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson — Stephon Clark — Botham Jean — Philando Castille — Freddie Gray — Eric Garner — Tamir Rice — Michael Brown — Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd
Would they still be here?
If you took the time to look past my Black, you could really get to know who I am.
I am a woman with lots to say.
I am a mother who loves her kids.
I am Black and proud to be.
I am a Black mother.
BB Davis
