There is nothing like checking out #blackgirlmagic on Twitter to bring a huge smile to your face. We are climbing flagpoles in the fight against white supremacy, we are marching the streets challenging the abuses of patriarchy, we are in Parliament and in the White House, we are entrepreneurs and we are creatives. We have taken our music across the globe and we have even ventured beyond it. And outside the media’s gaze, we are raising families, supporting our communities, teaching our children histories and tongues while carving out identities of our own.

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