Happy New Year! Here is Madamenoire.com‘s list of 11 New Year’s Resolutions All Black Women Should Make.
1. STOP JUDGING NATURAL OR RELAXED HAIR
Look, it’s not your head; therefore it does not matter whether the sista next to you has been bantu knotting her natural tresses since the beginning of time or just got a touch up at the salon. Let it go and do what you do.
2. STOP PROCLAIMING YOU’RE GOING TO FIND A WHITE MAN TO FIX YOUR RELATIONSHIP STRUGGLE
Black and white men aren’t all that different. We get the frustration with the dating landscape, but when you run around proclaiming you’re “going to find yourself a white man” — as if that’s the answer to all your problems — you’re no better than brothas chasing white women because “all black women are x,y, and z.”
3. PATRON BLACK BUSINESSES MORE /GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER IF YOU OWN A BLACK BUSINESS
We all really want to support black-owned businesses, but usually the obstacles are (1) a lack of options and (2) poor service (sorry!). Commit to shopping black more in 2014 by downloading apps like Around The Way that will help you find business in your area. And if you are a black business owner, please commit to offering competitive prices, being on time, and providing good customer service this year.
4. HELP THE COMMUNITY
We do a lot of talking about the problems, let’s actually do something to fix the ones we’re most passionate about this year.
5. STOP PU$$Y POLICING
Along the lines of point one, it’s not your business what another woman chooses to do with her vajayjay. If she’s being smart about her sexual and reproductive health, that’s all we can ask. Let’s eliminate all variations of slut-shaming and mind our own hot pockets.
