I Am A Black Girl Magic

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I am a black girl and I am very magical. No, black girl magic isn 't something tangible yet every single black girl has some. #BlackGirlMagic was created by CeShawn Thompson about 3 years ago via Twitter. The platform in which Thompson used was very creative and non-traditional for the time. Three years ago there weren 't many hashtags on Twitter especially for African American women. I believe this was created to uplift and empower African American girls who are widely judge and made feel less important in today 's society. Personally, I believe that this hashtag is by far the best approach to empower and uplift since it is created on a platform which is used by teen and adults, which allows it to be easily accessible to anyone. The purpose of my paper is to explain how black girls are magical in every aspect of life despite the oppression that we face. What is black girl magic you might ask? Black girl magic is everything about us, from the coarser textures of our hair, to the melanin in our skin. #BlackGirlMagic is just an appreciation of us in general. We have read numerous articles that show appreciation to our African American girls for doing them and succeeding at whatever they do, for example the Giorgis "Carefree Black Girl" article. This article depicts how even though Rihanna is oppressed by societies thoughts and expectations of her she still manages to express herself without caring about all the backfire she may receive while doing so. Rihanna 's actions, the way she dresses is all against what society deems as lady-like. She demands authority over her body, narrative, and career. (Giorgis para. 4) This is the true definition of black girl magic, the ability to push through stereotypes and accept yourself just ... ... middle of paper ... ... empower each other.When this hashtag was originally created it was very non-traditional. It wasn 't common to see people connecting from different parts of the world talking about positive things about a group of people. This approach was very effective in my opinion, it was able to reach a large group of people and was easy to relate too which caused it to be so successful. In this paper, I used the works of Giorgis, Heldke and O’Conner and Lorde, and Davis to show the ways that African American girls have and use their #blackgirlmagic. From dehumanization from different races, to the mistreatment from our own government us African American girls still seem to push through and be great. Yes world, we are black girls and we are magical in every way. Although, African American girls have faced all of these different types of oppression, we have not succumbed to it.

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