Black Women are Something Else (again)

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Let’s take a moment.
It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up.
Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown.

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0:00.0	Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
0:07.0	I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time,
0:13.0	but for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case.
0:19.0	But here's the thing, America, if it is,
0:21.6	let us fill the sky
0:24.6	with the light of a brilliant,
0:27.6	brilliant billion of stars.
0:29.6	Thank you. Today, we're going to pause.
0:47.7	Yeah, we're just going to take a moment to care for ourselves and just reflect.
0:54.0	Right.
0:55.0	The 2024 presidential election has ended,
0:58.0	and we will not be seeing the first black woman president in the White House.
1:03.0	On the steps of Howard University,
1:06.0	Kamala Harris conceded.
1:09.0	But, Lila, there's something that I can't shake. When I saw the results
1:15.2	that 92% of black women voted for her, once again, the black vote really showed up.
1:24.6	Mm-hmm. And 78% of black men that voted also voted for her. We truly did show up.
1:33.1	Right. And I think that's what gets to many of us this week is that we continue to show up, right?
1:42.9	Yeah. I mean, I know that's eating at me.
1:46.0	We continue to fight.
1:47.0	We continue to push through.
1:49.0	It's embedded in us to always show up.
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