Morning all,
It has been on my mind for two days and last night I did not sleep well. I have given birth to an events company called Hierarchy. My intention is to provide people with a number of different events to attend and also to host event's for my client's in some of London’s most favorable spots. I am one black woman who never pulls the race card when I am around white people who make black joke's I will call them out on there bull shit. I have never compromised myself and tried to act white to become successful or get ahead and many black people do. This does nothing for anyone when a white person has that one black friend who is trying so hard to put there colour to the back of there mind and create these deluded self identity's that only make white's comfortable it makes my job so dam hard. I am well mannered and well spoken but I do not where bright pink leggings fluorescent dress’s and act like I am still in uni. All of this is deemed a big problem venue's I go into have a verbal NO BLACKS SIGN I am not a promoter I am an event's coordinator they do not ask me about what I do my company they just let me know NO R&B,NO HIP HOP, and NO BLACK KIND OF PEOPLE today I am calling them out Bar Music Hall hurt me the man was behind the bar. I walked over he was not looking at me and said can I help you I said “Hi” he was still not looking at me when I asked him about the venue he looked up and said “ this is it good luck bye”. Queen Hoxton was so simple “Hi no R&B what do you what to do”. Do you want me to show you around a bit better? No R&B or that kind what so ever we do not take that on at all I never said I wanted to do an R&B or anything. Now I know I am black but I have never made it an issue in anything I do when I went to uni all the black people laughed at the black jokes tried to fit in I was like hell no you didn’t. Now I am doing business the last thing on my mind is not being able to book a club or a conference space because of my colour it is 2009 and nothing has changed. I have spoken to white people about this and they say what area do you work in does it matter they say yes it is just like that down there well we will see about that. I have a dream and a vision and my client's are not all black but because I am I can not get the job done no face to face just phone call's and emails are you kidding me I could go on forever. My book will be out soon to be continued …………
