Celebrating Blackness Matters for Kids (and Adults Too)

Hello friends,

I was watching an episode of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over a while ago. It's the one where she interviews a model mum, whose daughter is also a model. Both are racialised as Black.

What struck me first in the episode is that it didn't shy away from talking openly about racism in Britain. I believe we need more conversations like that

What struck me next is that the mum went out of her way to make their home an oasis to fortify her daughter against whatever she might face outside. Every morning she woke her with a song about how special and loved she was. There were motivational signs everywhere.

This is what it takes in a world which often tries to make Black kids less than while also adultifying them.

Black is Beautiful

And it reminded me to be grateful for an aspect of my own childhood. Though it had its traumas, which I won't discuss here, what I do remember was the focus on my identity as a Black girl and our identity as Black people as something to be celebrated.

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