"black queens"

Studies have shown that racist and sexist assumptions about Black girls and women make us more likely to experience sexual, psychological and physical violence in our lifetimes. 

Black women and girls deserve to love freely and be loved, to be protected from abuse, and to be taken seriously when we ask for help. It is the obligation of all of us to show up for Black women—and to demand a cost from those who won’t. 

This piece represents the need to protect the ALLURE of black women at all costs.