Tracee Ellis Ross had the kind of famous parent that could overshadow an entire career but she spent years building her own identity, to the point where many people know her first as Tracee Ellis Ross and only later remember she’s Diana Ross’s daughter.
This is proof that black people EVERYWHERE were doing the same things with little to no knowledge of it being done in other places. I know a lot of you like to get on here and say “They were copying _____” or “____ did it first”.
Folks say “Racism happened so long ago, yall love to play victim”
Meanwhile Ruby Bridges is 71 years old. We have elders in this country that picked cotton, drank from Black only water fountains & couldn’t go into specific dept stores. But folks want me to not speak on racism 🙄
They shooting the messenger, but she ain’t wrong. Dating and sex were heavily demonized in a lot of our homes. We were told to stay away from boys and focus on school. The problem is that relationships are a skill set too and many Black women were prepared for careers but left to figure out dating, boundaries, and healthy partnership on our own.
kwn’s response to the “strap&b” label gave a lot of insight to how some people end up other-ing their community in the excitement of being seen.
No dog in this fight but not wanting her identifiers to be her whole personhood is relatable af.
Drake literally came in trying to rap like Joe Budden & Lil Wayne. Early Drake was even mimicking Joe’s movements aswell 😅 And Joe is a way better lyricist than Drake. Everyone in Slaughterhouse had to be PEAK lyricists!