As soon as I saw the title, it reminded me of how everyone reacted to #blacklivesmatter as if that implied that they matter more or they are the only lives that matter.

This was a great comic.

I like this because it's a nice dialogue between the two. No arguing, no nasty comments, none of that. Just a productive dialogue and series of questions.

I appreciate what this comic has to offer, but I wish it would have touched on how important it is for black women conspicuously celebrate themselves and other black women because of all of the messages that our society has internalized about the worth of black women, if that makes sense. Like, I publicly call myself beautiful because all my life I was taught that fat, black women were ugly, and I hope that other black women who look like me will see how I view myself and consider it for themselves. Or I have to praise myself and other black women for the hard work that we do, because so much of the world thinks that we're lazy and only good for making babies. So twitter is one place that we go to to counter the negative messages and create a new narrative where black women (and black people in general) can see their intrinsic worth.

Things that look different can still be beautiful. Sunsets are beautiful but so are flower crowns. Calling a sunset beautiful doesn't mean the flower crown isn't beautiful and visa versa. Women are taught that they need to compete with other women "if you don't have this specific look you're not beautiful" which is a terribly toxic line of thinking and why some women get angry when people who don't look like them are called beautiful.
We, as humanity need to unlearn this.

I don't get how anyone would ever feel uncomfortable from telling a black person- or any other minority for that matter- that they are beautiful.

I actually cannot wrap my head around why other white people feel that black people celebrating their worth and lifting themselves up is somehow pushing white people down. Wtf? That doesn’t even make sense? All I see are people who have been raised in a society that tells them horrible lies about themselves all their lives pushing back and saying "No. That's not true. I AM beautiful, powerful, and worthy. I do have the rights to the same opportunities and the same right to respect."

I will never understand why fucking white people have to act like this.

"What about White History Month?"

"If I said white girl magic, black people would lose their minds and call me a racist."

"ALL women are beautiful! We have to stop dividing by race and come together!" (This one is "feminists" favorite because they expect black women and other women of color to always put our plight as women before our plight as people of color not realizing that day-to-day that priority changes for us because day-to-day we have to deal with being both a woman and a person of color in different ways and they have the privilege to not have to worry about racial politics and bigotry, but since they can't relate in that way OUR priorities must forever be changed so THEY can remain at the center of OUR own struggle.)

PS. I put "feminists" in quotes because I, being a feminist myself, understand that people like that are not real feminists as they refuse to understand the nuances and urgency that is intersectionality, but they still call themselves feminists. I thought I'd explain this ahead of time so we're all on the same page. Now that we are, not one fucking person better respond to my comment with some bullshit trying to defend themselves as feminists and distance themselves from people like that because you WILL get cussed out. Don't make yourself have a bad day ☺

If I only got the same reaction! I make one comment it's "Bye Felicia!" with no one even trying to work with me! I want to understand, but it's hard to understand online convos as a woman with autism.

i wouldnt mind hearing more from the experience of people with vitiligo like the woman in the comic. i know it is a skin disorder, but i cant help finding it just uniquely beautiful.

It all comes down to the white people who have a problem with black positivity defining themselves by this sentence: "we are, because we are not black". Change that equation, and what's left to them? Beyond just white supremacy, that's what they're afraid of.