Monday, February 22, 2016

Black Girl Magic


I hear and see so many things by many bloggers and promoters talking about the lack of diversity or when some of these blogs do feature "diverse" blogs or books many are excluded. I had to look at myself and think back and see how I can contribute to featuring  more diverse books. Because lets face it even though I do read across genres majority of the books I promote are mainstream partly because we have very few diverse promoters and the ones who have hit me up have been very unprofessional. So like many before me and after me in order for things to change you have to start with you first.

There has been a saying lately called "black girl magic"

Black Girl Magic is described by one blogger as:
 a term used to illustrate the universal awesomeness of black women. It’s about celebrating anything we deem particularly dope, inspiring, or mind-blowing about ourselves.
And lets be clear this is not to put down one race over the other but to celebrate the culture and the beauty of African-American women. Below I have listed a few books that are a few favorite of mine. Black history isnt just a month its everyday and it is American History. 







This list can go on and on honestly! And it is plenty of books I left out. What books are your "black girl magic?"


9 comments:

  1. Yaaaasssss!!! Everyone needs to understand more than anything that celebrating our blackness and our womanhood does not make us anti everyone else.

    Now that black women are publicly and unabashedly loving themselves, it's a problem. Not on my watch... And yes, we also need more book promoters to actively push for diverse books, but that won't stop me from doing my thing. Great post!

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  2. Yaaaasssss!!! Everyone needs to understand more than anything that celebrating our blackness and our womanhood does not make us anti everyone else.

    Now that black women are publicly and unabashedly loving themselves, it's a problem. Not on my watch... And yes, we also need more book promoters to actively push for diverse books, but that won't stop me from doing my thing. Great post!

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    1. Preach!!!! Keep doing what you do best and thats celebrating us!!!!

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  3. Great post! I loved Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and Issa Rae's quirky humor. Josephine Baker was one of my first 'black girl magic' women for me.

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    1. I loved Josephine Baker talk about a woman way before her time! I loved Lena Horne,and Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Diahann Carol!!!! They all inspired me.

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  4. I like how you point out it is not putting down any other group to celebrate the positivity of another. I loved Sister Citizen, one of those books that make you realize you are not the only one who notices the crazy!

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    1. Bookswagger I agree Melissa Perry points out some truths that have you like, " I knew it!"

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  5. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. I always read this #blackgirlmagic book to my fourth and fifth grade classes. Yes, it's a "picture book" but it's a picture book with a powerful message.

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  6. Dahlia! I loved that book I just bought it for my little ones.

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