Hi luv! I was glad to send an update because I know it was my Wino sisters and brothers prayers that lifted me up when I couldn’t. I’m healing, I just need my throat to get better so I can talk better. But that’s on The Creator’s time not mine. Sending you light, love, and peace!!
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27 Dec 14:17
Hiya Winos! I can understand why some of you don’t like Amanda but if you turn the word anger to passion, you’ll get her better. I was angry in my late 30’s about how darker black women got the menial jobs, but the lighter black women worked in the offices and were able to elevate. I would get mentally stuck in a loop, work twice as hard, and learned to speak proper and be indispensable to my bosses of other races. However, I would still be full of rage. It took me looking inside myself and getting therapy to realize what my purpose was. I started doing poetry tours and then volunteering to teach our children how to write what they were feeling instead of lashing out and fighting. I don’t think Amanda is angry so much as fed up with the injustices in the world. It took me traveling here and abroad, and reading every book about the oppressed people everywhere to see the patterns/playbooks that are being used all over the world. Writing became my way of escaping the loop I was stuck in. Before I ever got to middle school I already had college credits because I spent my summers taking university courses. Once I figured out my triggers, I became a Pollyanna…a person who knew how to stand without being harsh. Amanda is just blunt in her truth. I see confidence when I hear her speak, not arrogance, because once you know the truth of a thing, nothing and no one can move you. My suggestion is to pick up all the old school books you can find at library book sales and African American and Indigenous shops because they are disappearing from our schools and national book stores. There’s also a Bible that lists all the black people and their contributions that they stopped allowing to be sold in the late 70’s. Once I get out of physical rehab, I’ll post the name and picture to see if you can find it. They’re erasing our intelligence, culture, and contributions. If you don’t believe me, go look up slavery on PBS where they’re equating us to indentured servants who were purposefully lazy to make the landowners who “bought” us lose money. #OG