Black women are not “overreacting”—we are responding to what our bodies have been forced to carry for generations. The pressure to ignore racism, to s
Black women are not “overreacting”—we are responding to what our bodies have been forced to carry for generations. The pressure to ignore racism, to stay composed, to be endlessly strong is not harmless—it is physically costing us our health and our peace.
This is a call to shift the narrative: venting is not weakness, it is release. Naming harm is not division, it is clarity. And silence is not resilience—it is a risk.
Let Black women speak without correction. Let us process without punishment. Let us breathe without being told to endure what is slowly breaking us.
Stay Woke: When a Warning is Turned to a Punchline – WESurviveAbuse