The Musings of a Latte Queen: Narratives of Everyday Life

 I woke up this morning thinking about Miss Sophia in The Colored Purple and her one famous line at the dinner table after being jailed, beaten, and humiliated by the insulted wife of the town's mayor. "All My Life I Had To Fight." It was ringing in my spirit because in a lot of ways, I've had to do the same thing. So have a lot of Foundational Black Women. Fight through family structures and fight past leicherous men in church, on the job, literally everywhere. Fight past the Becky-SallyAnn-Karen-Sue of educational spaces or work spaces who were both intimidated and embarrassed because a Black woman knew more than they did. Fight to wear my hair the way she grew, even had to confront a fellow Black woman in a corporate setting who used to do the every-ten-days press and curl appointment during her extended lunch hour.  Fight in ministry to be heard. Fight in society to be understood. All our lives. And after the 2024 election, when we had put it all on the line, bloo...

 If you are like me, you have been trying to not tune into the dumpster fire of DC politics under this neonazifacistregime. Yet, it all around us and we have to look at what is happening. In a lot of ways, I've tried to be like that image of the African American women of all ages sitting on top off the highest high rise, sipping their lattes, teas, or mimosas, watching as the United States burns. We.tried.to.tell.you. 92-percent out. Black women getting our nails done (not me), sipping our lattes (me), reading (me), or hanging in the garden (not me) or sewing something new from something old (not me, but maybe my daughters), or reading (definitely me) and otherwise just sitting back saying, "we can't save you this time." I, for one, am not a political commentator. Nor am I an historian. Yet, in a lot of ways, I am. Since the days of Katrina when I organized my first community giving and response event, I've dipped my toes into the water through my action-ism. I...

 It is February 1st. Black History Month. While some may want to erase us, the reality is that the tribe called African American has been in this country for over 400 years, actually, it is 406 years and counting. We are collectively just under 15% of the entire U.S. population but our impact has been global. So much so that the certain facistpsychoinoffice and his apartheidboynazisalutingminion have been trying do do all they can to whitewash our presence. The issue is, they can't. Even if they try to paint over it with NaziGermanyGrey, the reality is that they can't stop the fact that the nation is majority minority, as is the world, and no amount of tikitorchkhakipantpoloshirtwhiteboys can change that. That is their problem. They know they are weaker in mind, body, and spirit. That is why they have a penchant for little girls and forcing women to bear their child, they can't be with an adult woman on equal terms. If you just look at all the J6ers who were pardoned and so...