Clothes That Don’t Fit and 7 Other Black Girl Problems

June 19th, 2012 - By Veronica Wells

Today my little sister tweeted that she can never find shorts that fit her. I felt her pain. This is a story women of color, particularly black women, know all too well. As much as we all love to be black women, in all of our glory, our splendor, and our downright sexiness, there are particular challenges that come along with being a black woman in America. Do you know what I’m sayin’? If not, take a look at the struggles and let us know in the comments section, whether or not you can relate.

Source: coloredgirlconfidential.com

Speaking your mind without being dubbed the angry black woman

Not only are women often regarded as second class citizens in the workplace but black women have the additional burden of being stereotyped as being naturally confrontational. If you have an opinion at work you better hope and pray that your co-workers are cool enough to take it as just that and not a threat to their safety.

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  • LC

    Being asked to hand over your “black card”.

  • LD

    I can’t seem to find a decent slightly above the knee dress or skirt that doesn’t seriously hike up in the back to save my life. Somebody please help me!

  • Allyce

    Once I reached 24 years old, men were surprised that I had no children. And corporate America was surprised that I had a college degree and did my job well.

  • autumn shaar

    We should not look at these matters as problems we have as black women. We should see them as (A.) opportunities, (B.) simple differences, or (C.) problems that other people have, not us.

    (A.) It’s not a problem to sleep with a scarf on my head. It keeps me warm actually.

    (B.) Afro-textured hair is different from straight hair or other types of hair. I refuse to accept the notion that we have to explain it or that it makes a statement in it of itself. That’s the texture it is naturally.

    (C.) Black women are many things. If a black woman is not “stereotypically black,” she’s “being white.” That’s nonsense. When people think that way about me, it’s not my problem. It’s their problem.

    Life is so short. I just want us to be set free from the strongholds of what people think we should be. My comments and feelings are not a denial of some of the negative attributes of our society, I just refuse to entertain them anymore. I’m done. I’m done with struggling with that. I’m loving myself as a woman of color and I actively affirm the women of color in my life too.

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