Why can’t black woman be the whimsical lead in a rom-com that has a happily ever after.
@quirkywit Why can’t black women, black girlies be the whimsical, lead in a romantic story that has a happily ever after? That was the question that registered in my soul recently. I wrote a short story years ago that’s in the spirit of the 90s romantic comedies. It’s about an analyst who has a good life,that she’s created for herself but she’s quirky and different and she meets a pop star and has to decided whether she will check in or check out of love. It’s called Check Me In. The point of this is not to sell you on the short story, it’s to talk about why I didn’t feel that confident putting it out there. And questioning myself. I wrote the story because I am a whimsical, happily ever after, romantic comedy girl, but when I look out in the sea of options, a black woman is often nothing more than the girl who is the side kick, perpetually regulated to be a supporting character in someone else’s happily ever after never getting her own. She’s often the friend, the supportive friend, always carrying someone’s burden but never free of burden. A slave that’s never free from burden. Women, especially black women deserve a happily ever after, too. #fyp #life #blackwoman #womanempowerment #romanticcomedy #leadingactress #theholiday ♬ original sound – Lulu