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Strong Black Women | Anger








                                                                ANGER






                                                                Within     American       culture     black
                                                                women are commonly characterized

                                                                as angry. We are taught we should
                                                                suppress  our  anger  as  not  to  be
                                                                seen  as  a  stereotyped  angry  black

                                                                woman.  Whether  justified  or  not.
                                                                Dysfunctionally  expressed  anger
                                                                takes  the  form  of  violence,  revenge

                                                                and  physical  assault.  When  we
                                                                experience      insults,    violation     of
                                                                boundaries  or  disrespect  and  we

                                                                decide to not peacefully express our
                                                                anger,  what  we  are  communicating
                                                                to  the  violator  is  that  they  can

                                                                continue      to    inflict   pain     and
                                                                disrespect.



                                                                In the alternative we should seek to
                                                                master the expression of our anger.
                                                                It is true that you may experience a

                                                                violation      so     disgusting        and
                                                                disrespectful  that  you  must  express

                                                                your  protest  to  this  treatment.  I
                                                                encourage you to channel that anger
                                                                more  effectively  for  your  desired
                                                                outcome.  To  deny  the  anger  is  to

                                                                quietly  reinforce  the  insult.  Do  not
                                                                disrespect  yourself  in  that  way.

                                                                Channel  your  anger  and  create  the
                                                                possibility  for  change  in  the  larger
                                                                society.





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