This is an apology to all black women in light of my old tweets which resurfaced over the weekend.

Now my silence on the matter was not done because I didn't care.

For many this was entertainment and it shouldn't be.

It's a serious matter which still needs to be a conversation we have among ourselves.

I said some really horrible things about black women, even though I myself am one.

In the summer of 2018 on an episode of The Grapevine, I openly admitted that I made some

horrid tweets about women who look like me. They came from a place of internalised anti-blackness

and years of constant hurt and abuse that I experienced even growing up into my adult years.

My mindset was that, because I was a black woman, it was okay, which isn't true.

The comments I made were extremely dangerous and also adds to the harmful stereotypes which

are perpetuated by society.

My past tweets were part of the problem.

I spent many years having to unlearn negative thoughts about myself

and understand why it felt to me that society hated black women.

When you're compared to an animal, a footballer,

or told that we can't even rock red lipstick constantly,

you start to believe it.

Not every woman did, but sadly, I wasn't one of them.

We were laughed at, used to create jokes, accepted that we weren't allowed to play hard to get.

Dehumanised. I mean, I'm sure there were other dark-skinned women who handled it differently,

but no two lives are the same. Throughout the years

I've had to unlearn these things and continuously remind myself that none of the harmful words said to me

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