How It Feels To Be Black And A Woman In A Racist, Sexist World

It feels like an uphill battle every step of the way

I was lucky. I grew up in a family where I knew that Black people, especially Black women, could do great things. My mother is an electrical engineer, my grandmother was a school teacher, and my aunts excelled in their fields. I knew that Black women could do anything. As I grew up, I realized that the world did not value and respect Black women. Societ…