I am me

With it being Black History Month, I’ve been thinking about the stereotypes that African Americans are labeled with and how we as African American people are perceived. But instead of talking about the stereotypes we have to deal with, I thought I’d  talk about how I view myself as an African American woman and how my roots have shaped who I am today.

I am bold

I am strong

I am dancing to the beat of my own theme song

I am the epitome of reality

I am not to blame for the world’s wrongs

I am young but not completely free

I am rejecting the shackles that society would like to place on me

I am a speaker, a thinker, a writer, a dreamer

I am a daughter and future mother of invention

I am my ancestors’ souls ascension

I am a rising star

I am the product of toils, trials, and scars

I am a soldier and a survivor

I am a future striver

I am many things to many

I am more than the sum of my parts

I am a mind, a spirit, a body, a heart

I am completely individual

I am not filled with any hatred, present or residual

I am life

I am beauty

I am a woman

I am me