Safe Black Girls Checklist/Goals/Plan/Roadmap/Framework/Template/Strategic Plan
#SafeBlackGirls hashtag Created by @BlackAmazon
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I just want #safeblackgirls . How do we make #safeblackgirls
For #safeblackgirls we first have to be honest about what hurts black girls . It's not nebulous and it's not theoretical
#safeblackgirls need the ability to say no without fear of violent reprisal
I'm really serious guys ? Can we talk about this? Can we use #safeblackgirls to just brainstorm because I don't know
I'm reading about black girls hung from mizzenmasts in 1715 and watching black girls body slammed in 2015 have we ever had #safeblackgirls ?
@Blackamazon Never. Not a single day have we had #safeblackgirls
Because we can't do it ourselves and we damn sure don't know what it looks like #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls actually get to stay girls after the age of 5
fellow white people please pay attention to the #safeblackgirls tag and actually apply it to your thoughts/behavior thank you
Thing is #safeblackgirls is going to stay pretty empty , mostly because there is nothing lucrative helping us heal
also many of us can not imagine what a world were we are #safeblackgirls looks like. What is that constructed with?
For Reenie, Sweet, Mawu, and Lizzie #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls don't have to compete with anyone for resources or care, black boys included.
#safeblackgirls can be sick and get proper pain medication and support and not headlines about why it's not an excuse
Black girls have never been safe. Violence upon violence upon violence. Physical, mental, Sexual, emotional.#safeblackgirls
"Who will revive the laughter of our brown daughters?" https://medium.com/@AfroLune/the-little-black-girl-beb0892f7495?source=latest … #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls don't have to explain/defend our bodies, our hair, our sexuality to be treated with dignity.
#safeblackgirls makes me think of bell hooks on "our most intimate kin." Who is our most intimate kin, and how do we reach them?
how you or i feel about how they move through the world doesn't make them more or less; #safeblackgirls get to just be.
#safeblackgirls don't have to worry about calling the man beating them sir so they won't get shot
I look at how carefree Kylie is and know that one day the world will try to take that away from her. We need #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls get access to sex education & health services w/o the stigma of being "fast" attached.
#safeblackgirls don't need defenders because the world wouldn't be out to harm them
#safeblackgirls have communities full of ppl who show up for them.
#safeblackgirls aren't asked to sacrifice safety for money or achievement
#safeblackgirls are not preyed upon and shamed by those in their own communities.
#safeblackgirls require a definition of girlhood that reinvents gender to include them ALL OF THEM
#safeblackgirls shouldn't have to defend their existence from garbage NYT articles.
#safeblackgirls can grow up to be the #1 athlete in their sport & receive the same amount of money as their white peers.
#safeblackgirls doesn't mean upholding patriarchy b\c trying to police, control and shame our bodies isn't safety but violence.
#safeblackgirls don't have their likability based on the docility or manageability
#safeblackgirls are not fetishized and abused by men.
#safeblackgirls aren't physically abused and molested by family members and then punished for it instead of their abusers.
#safeblackgirls means us having safe spaces and us being centered and supported.
#safeblackgirls have more than 20 dollars per every white man’s dollar.
#safeblackgirls are valuable & worthy of your protection, no matter where we come from.
#safeblackgirls don't have to prove their experiences, knowledge, or anything else.
#safeblackgirls have have access to privacy and boundaries
#safeblackgirls don't have to depend on callouts and clap backs because requests and limits are respected
This #safeblackgirls hashtag >>>
#safeblackgirls do not need to speak a certain way to be worthy of respect and protection
#safeblackgirls means no plagiarism of our work.
#safeblackgirls have access and skill sets to do independent research on their existence
#safeblackgirls should be allowed to have a colorful personality w/out being labeled as "smart mouthed" and having an "attitude.”
Here's to #safeblackgirls. Because we deserve to be…
If you're like me, just learning what happened in #Texas, also get into @ToniBlackman's TL and the #safeblackgirls feed. #BlackLivesMatter
#safeblackgirls is a life where we reflect and discuss our lives without constant negation from people who don't have a clue about it.
#safeblackgirls aren't fed conflicting messages from those within their own community. They are allowed to be youthful and are protected.
#safeblackgirls shouldn't have to prove that they were abused or harassed to be believed.
#safeblackgirls include gender non conforming and trans girls. first. always. forevermore.
#safeblackgirls is an excellent hashtag. We should all be centering the most precarious in our praxis.
Make sure u read the posts on #safeblackgirls
Follow #safeblackgirls. Learn something.
#safeblackgirls is not being so occupied by "who will harm me" before I can even get to a list of "who will love me"
#safeblackgirls aren't always somebody's backup . They are the people being backed up
That's a common thought. People see black girls and know they'll be women, so they dismiss the notion of their innocence #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls can have the kind of dialogues people demand from them because there are places and platforms for them to not have to
#safeblackgirls won't have to become a hashtag or a victim of police brutality to receive attention.
Even before puberty, I was not safe. #safeblackgirls.
Look at age of consent discussion that gets had on Twitter every 3 mos or so. The subject is almost always an adolescent BG. #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls should be allowed to be vulnerable and be viewed as a human and not "the strong black woman”
#safeblackgirls can be vocal about their views & beliefs without the fear of being labelled crazy, scary or aggressive
#safeblackgirls aren't treated like shit for being teen parents.
Please follow the #safeblackgirls conversation happening now. ALL #BlackLivesMatter!
Didn't realize it at the time. Older women in family tried to protect us from predators. Seemed harsh & restrictive. #safeblackgirls
Love & protect our girls so they can be #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls see themselves in media , in art , in their teachers and neighborhoods
We'll have #safeblackgirls when people stop sexualizing blk girls while contradictorily clutching their daughter's "virtue" in tight fists.
#safeblackgirls is where I don't hunt for a corner of space to exist and thrive. I thrive everywhere, cause everywhere is where I belong
They tried to build a fence around us. Taught us self-defense in what to not/wear; money in shoe; phone #s memorized #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls won't have to wonder whether we'll be supported or blamed for the violence we experience
#SafeBlackGirls means that all of us can live without the constant low-level dread that we may face cop/vigilante assault.
#safeblackgirls are heard with compassion when they cry out
#safeblackgirls means AUTOMATICALLY respecting black girls' bodily/mental/emotional humanity in all times and places.
#safeblackgirls don't feel that we're liked one moment and gotten sick of the next…
#safeblackgirls means #carefree is more than an aesthetic
#safeblackgirls have teachers that see their unique value
#safeblackgirls are welcomed and honored
We'd have #safeblackgirls if we'd stop placing our son's virility on pedestals, almost from birth, and relegating our daughters to the back.
#safeblackgirls get to experience puberty without anyone deciding there's something wrong with them.
#safeblackgirls are compensated for their labor
#safeblackgirls will have time to do away with colorist animosity amongst ourselves
Folks are anti "respectability politics." But some was also family trying to offer tools along with prayers to keep us safe #safeblackgirls
From Mother Africa and across the diaspora -> #safeblackgirls
#SafeBlackGirls means no more stress-induced anxiety, depression, cardiovascular illness, and early death.
#safeblackgirls don't see their lives being made into the latest trend.
@marvel_girl88 And #safeblackgirls being labeled 'Agressive' is the way to oppress and warn against women and girls getting seen and heard!
#safeblackgirls actually get acknowledgement and redress for harm caused them
#SafeBlackGirls means that we are viewed in public space as human, without qualification or apology. I have no idea what that feels like.
Let our girl express their rage and anger without calling them angry black women!!!!!! #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls are never asked to risk life & limb supporting or defending ppl who'd never do the same.
#safeblackgirls are (and remain) centered in their own experiences.
#safeblackgirls don't have to worry about making their pain marketable to survive
#SafeBlackGirls means safe from transphobia, homophobia, gender policing, and all cissexist violence.
In an effort to be #safeblackgirls we were policed while abusers went free. We were told don't be alone with so and so, cause everyone knows
#safeblackgirls have people who think supporting them is just as important as mocking cops
#SafeBlackGirls means that we can freely choose or reject childbearing/parenthood without external threat, coercion, or demonization.
#SafeBlackGirls means we have the physical, legal, & economic POWER to keep Black girls safe for real. When will this ever be reality?
#safeblackgirls get to watch people value her. All the time
#SafeBlackGirls don't have to worry that people who they love who do decide to defend them will be hurt
For me, #safeblackgirls means that, even within my own household, I advocate for equity in how parenting happens re: all who interact w/her.
Love, care for, show up for, support, build up, protect, honor, invest in our girls #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls get to have community not community mobilization strategies
#safeblackgirls don't apologize for maintaining boundaries.
the boundaries set by #safeblackgirls are never regarded as trivial or acts of aggression.
It was always on us and the women who raised us to be #safeblackgirls, we walked the line and even that's not enough.
My chest hurts and I need a moment. #EzellFord #KaliefBrowder #McKinney #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls are allowed the privilege of being children.
Go read #SafeBlackGirls now. And listen to what is being said like you want to hear it.
#safeblackgirls don't have to entertain antiblackness from anyone, especially not other black folks.
#safeblackgirls is making me emotional. But we need it.
#safeblackgirls grow up to make space for those who'll come after them.
I wish equality was Tangible Spread evenly Amongst the living Since it isn't & has never bn I'm not even angry, just tired #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls is important, if you're not reading it do so now please (and probably most importantly, just listen)
I am not retweeting because it would too easy to pick and choose. Be uncomfortable. Read them all. Listen. #SafeBlackGirls
#safeblackgirls aren't being shepherded from tragedy to tragedy
#safeblackgirls live in PEACE. They laugh, sex, eat, nurture, learn, rest, and whatever the fuck else they want in PEACE
Black girls & women live under the constant threat of nihilism through mischaracterization or silence about our issues. #safeblackgirls
Black girls and women, trans and cis, I love you. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I LOVE YOU #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls don't owe you shit.
#safeblackgirls shouldn't be expected to always take on the burdens of others, esp. those of boys/men.
Lot of good thoughts on #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls aren't training on, or teaching you how to do your job and getting paid a fraction of your rate.
#safeblackgirls aren't ridiculed when they clap the fuck back against those who don't STFU when it's Black Girl Time.
You get the idea, go look at the #safeblackgirls tag to get a sense of the kind of world we should be working toward.
#safeblackgirls look around & see themselves loved, valued &protected in the flesh, in media, art, online. everywhere.
#safeblackgirls are not asked/demanded to hide parts of their identities to be loved and respected.
#safeblackgirls should be allowed the comfort of sadness, happiness & other basic human emotions without conformity to "strong” stereotypes
#safeblackgirls can feel embrace their blackness and womanhood without people demanding that we "pick a side.”
So this #safeblackgirls is making me feel stuff cause I ain't been safe in a LONG time.
#safeblackgirls are not seen as white women's nor black men's "side kicks" but as our own people with our own reality.
I dream of having a little black girl of my own one day. I shouldn't be filled with dread & pain knowing what she will face #safeblackgirls
I've only seen a few tweets from #safeblackgirls and I'm already loving this hash tag.
#safeblackgirls can trust their black brothers to protect them from the wrath of the patriarchy, not enforce it
We are too used to black female bodies being broken down; and we are too used to black female voices shouting in anger.+
We must be moved. We must all see these children as ours. We must all desire to shout, "she belongs to me."
That scene was historical. It was a White man's abuse of a Black girl/woman while Black boys/men were made powerless to do anything
"everywhere is where I belong" #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls Being the full, multi-faceted person who are and receiving love and care.
#safeblackgirls can walk down the street in whatever they want with their hair however they want without fear of persecution or violence
#safeblackgirls can be passionate, angry, vulnerable or proud w/o being stereotyped as "ghetto" and "always mad.”
#safeblackgirls should have the right to love their bodies openly and freely without the need of cross cultural examination.
#safeblackgirls should feel loved, honored, respected and protected by everyone. Not be insulted and attacked.
#safeblackgirls can explore and exercise their sexuality as they see fit without hatred, violence, or mistreatment
#safeblackgirls are identified by their gender, not their genitals
RT [priv]: #safeblackgirls when one's gender identity and sexuality is shaped by such dehumanization it should still be respected
#safeblackgirls can say no, and that no is understood as anything more/less than no
I love that you are still using #safeblackgirls because I just hit a depression
I'm 100% here for #safeblackgirls please read and participate
#safeblackgirls love their blackness because they are taught that it is something to embrace and love
#safeblackgirls can have as many or as few babies as they want with as many or as few men
#safeblackgirls have absolute control over their bodies and this control is universally respected
#safeblackgirls means that every time a male idk speaks to me, i don't have to be scared he's gunna say somethin perverted/sexual/nasty.
#safeblackgirls aren't sexualized from childhood labeled as "fast" or women at the age of 13.
#safeblackgirls can hurt and be held, can cry without looks of confusion. They don't have to be strong all the time.
#safeblackgirls are allowed to be children without anyone sexualizing them
#safeblackgirls get to be utterly flipping exhausted
#safeblackgirls means that i can go out in public alone without the expectation of being harassed.
#safeblackgirls really don't owe you shit.
#safeblackgirls are natural, permed, weaved, light, dark, international and/or privileged w/o having their blackness always questioned.
#safeblackgirls means that as a child i'm not sexualized/told i'm provocative, bc I AM A CHILD. a young girl's body is NOT for sexual gaze.
Honestly we haven't been #safeblackgirls since we watched our men tarred and feathered on the plantation.
#safeblackgirls means we can be as loud and opinionated as we want without being belittled and put down or ignored at every turn.
#safeblackgirls dont have to choose between gringos who fetishize& use them & their own community who abuses & uses them.
Thank you, whomever started the #safeblackgirls trend. As I come into my own identity, I've been feeling more angst about all of these.
#safeblackgirls don't have to watch themselves being brutalized. Don't have to see their own pain shared over and over and over and…..
#SafeBlackGirls are allowed to be multifaceted human beings and are not relegated to "sassy" or "strong". We're allotted our vulnerability.
#safeblackgirls Should include all womyn of color, trans womyn, as well as those that identify as womyn of color.
#safeblackgirls get justice when they are murdered in cold blood by those that claim to "protect and serve”
#safeblackgirls have the right to self determination #reprojustice
#safeblackgirls know that often the only ones who can and will protect and fight for us IS us.
#safeblackgirls remind me of @OfficialWillow and @amandlastenberg. Free.
#SafeBlackGirls Brings up issues of reproductive justice. An entire history of forced sterilizations + burying our children too soon.
@thepaperframes + Inadequate maternal health care, unethical yet state authorized/sanctioned child removal. #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls For Me Means Raising My Daughter With Love and Care. Being Her First Example of Unconditional Love and Trust.
#safeblackgirls having a family that doesn't shove our problems under the rug, but tries to actually help fix them.
#safeblackgirls can wear short shorts without harassment from strange grown men and being told to cover up by family or the church
#safeblackgirls can enjoy going to therapy with getting side eye from family members.
#safeblackgirls will never have to experience dating violence. Not as youth, not as adults. Never.
#safeblackgirls live free of internalized misogynoir
#safeblackgirls can exist as trans without violence. Can say no without violence.
#safeblackgirls deserve respect and comfort along with protection
#safeblackgirls can report sexual assaults without being told we're working for the system
#safeblackgirls hashtag is lifting me up today because yes. Black girls deserve nothing but love and protection.
no female should have to explain their confidence to people or be slandered for how they want to express themselves #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls means all black girls: cis, non-conforming, queer, teams, sex workers, poor, disabled, fat. We all deserve security.
#safeblackgirls deserve to be weird and happy without people trying to pick us apart.
don't let people make you feel less than what you are, keep shinning, keep prospering you are loved and protected #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls don't have to explain their sexuality for anyone's approval.
#safeblackgirls can walk home under the stars without a moment's fear.
#safeblackgirls are allowed to be vulnerable
#safeblackgirls should be able to see themselves represented heros, love interests and leaders in all forms of media (Tv movies, magazines)
#safeblackgirls are baby astronauts, science fiction authors, math wizzes, poets, singers, creatives, artists with endless possibilities
#safeblackgirls are not constantly humbled by a society that shames them for their bodies and personalities, they're confident and free
#safeblackgirls look up to safeblackwomen who effortlessly carry the standard of Black Excellence
#safeblackgirls know that self love is the highest love and are taught this from a community that loves without conditions
One memory I'll never forget is, as an 11 or 12 year old, walking around with my sister and being hit on by grown as men #safeblackgirls
#safeblackgirls are allowed to be sexual without being sexualized or objectified
#safeblackgirls are free to be children
#safeblackgirls get answers to their questions, instead of being told to shut up.
#safeblackgirls get to grow up without hating themselves or their hair
#safeblackgirls can express themselves without having to apologize for their feelings and emotions
#safeblackgirls never have to "pray the gay away" - if they are religious, they are covered in love and protection, the same if they are not
#safeblackgirls don't hear "you are beautiful/smart/incredible" from a boy. Their family never lets them forget how valuable they are.
#safeblackgirls can turn on a television and see a myriad of black women who aren't stereotypes but rather possibilities
#safeblackgirls can be creative and weird without being told they aren't black. Conformity is not community.
#safeblackgirls=i'd finally be able to safely put my weapons & defenses down. you want meek, a silent target. i want to just exist.
#safeblackgirls are worthy of love, praise and a world that will not punish them for exercising their right to be unbowed and unapologetic.
#safeblackgirls are protected & celebrated by the media, in their homes& communities.They're not reduced to stereotypes #RedefiningHERstory
#safeblackgirls are allowed to be vulnerable, to cry, to feel free to be human without question or scorn.
#safeblackgirls have community and safe spaces to exist freely and unapologetically. We get to be happy and free #OurEmpowered
#safeblackgirls are honored, loved, respected. Not because they're sisters and daughters but because they're human beings worthy.