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 …………
3 comments:
Girl I don't even know where to start, I feel you on very level. I see this everyday to fit in you got to shed away any kind 'blackness' not saying we talk a certain way or act a certain away. But you can't make the majority feel uncomfortable. Still to this day you can't just be you. Its so sad.
Babe, you need to find a way of maintaining EXACTLY who you are....and represent for all the black woman out here....as you have described in this note...look at what they take for black culture!!! and they turn it away from their doors....their ignorance is disgusting but you need to maintain who you are and your opinions even if it opposes theres sometimes...Like i said ignorance is disgusting and its a shame the race thing is still around so strongly,I dont know exactly what country you come from but blacks on a whole have rich culture back home, especially africa, its when we get to england they start using crime statistics to judge our culture....black will always be beautiful, culture, skin, men women, its all bautiful and with my photography thats my aim is to opresent to the world the beauty of our race!! Everyone will experience some kind of discrimination in life but the race thing is the most disgusting.....i could never be more proud of being black...hold your head up and keep going like a raging bull, tear through those red flags they be holding up in front of you, those walls they be putting up can easily be knocked down...!
Wow i feel ready to keep it moving. I must hook up with you to do the event around your work i was just so vex i had to let it out it was not one person or one place it was two much for me on one day. I am a lover i love people every colour black,white asian whatever we are all people but wen pick pick pick at me i will have to call you out on your shit okay.I am on my Ms parks right now.
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