ODE TO THE BLACK WOMAN

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

ODE TO THE BLACK WOMAN
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ALL 19 SISTERS RUNNING FOR JUDGESHIPS IN TEXAS
WON THEIR RACES.

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In response to my assertion that Black women have always been the backbone of the Black culture, one brother responded by saying,
"So does this mean that the black woman is responsible for a good portion of the Ills of the black community? Checkmate."

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No, good brother, there are many contributing factors to the dysfunction within the Black community, including racism, poor economic conditions, an underfunded public school system, and absentee Black fathers. If many of us had to depend on our fathers for our survival, a large number of us would have long since starved to death. Your perception of Black dysfunction has been forged by the White media.  The corporate media uses the most dysfunctional 10% of  Black people as a model to portray the entire Black community.  If White folks were portrayed as inaccurately as Black people, we'd think all White folks were barefoot Hillbillies.

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So while some, like yourself, may want to attribute Black dysfunction to Black women, I think the majority of us credit Black women with enabling the Black culture to survive - and prosper - IN SPITE of the atrocious conditions that has been forced upon us. So I'd say your view on this issue has been corrupted by the media, is grossly slanted, and overly simplistic, just like the views of many in the White community.  In short, you're falsely profiling your own people

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Black women have become the most educated group in US | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk › News › World › Americas
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. "Jun 3, 2016 - Black women are now the most educated group in US, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Between 2009 and 2010, black women earned 68 per cent of associate's degrees, 66 per cent of bachelor's degrees, 71 per cent of master's degrees and 65 per cent of all …

"The percentage of black students attending college has increased from 10 per cent to 15 per cent from 1976 to 2012, while the percentage of white students fell from 84 to 60 per cent. By both race and gender, a higher percentage of black women (9.7 per cent) is enrolled in college than any other group, including Asian women (8.7 per cent), white women (7.1 per cent) and white men (6.1 per cent)."

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ODE TO THE BLACK WOMAN
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I have to scratch my head when I hear young
Brothers calling our sisters bitches and hoes;
the Black woman is our most precious asset.
Sister’s are the very womb of our culture,
and if it weren’t for her, we would have
long since been relegated to the
ash heap of history.
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Sister’s have been standing by us
to help nurture us into adulthood
and reinforcing our manhood
for centuries.
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When we were helpless,
hungry, and abandoned,
SHE WAS THERE . . .

to suffer with us,
and nurture us into manhood.
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When we were beaten down
and told that we weren’t shit
by the White man,
SHE WAS THERE . . .
to nurse our wounds,
and assure us of our value.
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When we ran the street
in a misguided attempt to seek our manhood,
SHE WAS THERE . . .
to rein us in,
and convince us that we were
more than our vision of ourselves.
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And once we gained the wisdom
to become real men,
SHE WAS THERE . . .
to defined our manhood through
the image we saw reflected in her eyes.
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So 

"THAT BITCH," 

and 

"THAT HOE,"
is our most precious
possession . . .
She's the ONLY thing of value we have
in this world,
and the only one who’s ever
given a damn about us -
and she didn't have to be
taught these things -
she was BORN that way,

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and we’d be lost without her.
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So wake up, damn fool!
                                                          Wattree

BLACK FEMALE WEST POINT GRADUATES 

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SO

THIS IS

DEDICATED TO ALL 

OF THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN 

IN THIS WORLD 

WHO PUT UP WITH US 

SO SILENTLY, 

STAND BY US SO LOYALLY, 

AND LOVE 

OUR CRAZY ASSES 

SO PASSIONATELY, 

AND 

SO UNCONDITIONALLY.

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ON THE OTHERHAND,

THIS IS THE DUMB SHIT 

FAR TOO MANY OF OUR BROTHERS

ARE INTO

MY SWEET AND PRECIOUS BLACK SISTERS,

HOW DO YOU PUT UP WITH THIS DUMB SHIT?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,

BUT I LOVE YOU 

FOR LOVING US ENOUGH 

TO SUFFER THROUGH  IT,

AND I THANK YOU FOR MY NEW

AND ENLIGHTENED LIFE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK GOD 

FOR BLESSING US WITH YOU.
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MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU

SWEET, 

CHOCOLATE LADIES. 

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Eric L. Wattree
Http://wattree.blogspot.com
Ewattree@Gmail.com

BLACK WRITERS, INTELLECTUALS, AND INDEPENDENT THINKERS
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Religion: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does. 

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