Why a Black Girl Talks White

Black History: Why A Black Girl Talks White

What does the “Average Black Girl” look like to you? Does she look like the Olivia Pope’s on television reciting lines? Maybe the Michelle Obamas of the world? Or perhaps the average black girl looks like those we honor and remember during [Black History Month] like Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman’s?

Ernestine Johnson recites her experiences as an “Average Black Girl” through spoken word during the Arsenio Hall show. Check it out below:

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