When I was growing up, we were not on the cover. We were not important in the storyline if we were in the book at all.
I didn’t see myself in films or in television depicted in ways that I could identify with. So I’m out to offer alternatives to the runaway slave, impoverished, sports-centered, and in many cases, dark, hopeless narratives that have always existed for Black children in literature., the most beautiful, the intergalactic hero with superpowers, a mighty princess, a wizard or just a kid with a dog and a regular, loving family.
As a young writer, I use to be apprehensive about weaving in my love for Stevie Wonder or Earth, Wind & Fire, the smell of collard greens, black-eyed peas and hot water cornbread on Sundays after church, beating on the table in the cafeteria during lunch while one of my friends spit some lyrics, mentioning items like Du-rags, or how much reverence we have for Palmers Cocoa Butter in order to keep our brown skin, knees and elbows glistening and less ashy.
The authenticity helps me to decide which projects I should work on next. I’m not one of those authors that have success with a book and then immediately come out with a companion that has no substance and lacks soul. I was asked so many times by Black mothers to craft a version offor Black girls, but I had to pass, and for good reason. I know how important the subject of hair and hair maintenance is for Black women.
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