![]() Listen for them and the saying of a name you cannot pronounce Aja Monet reminds us to never forget the “bodies haunted by pellet wounds.” And yes, please “in the valley of a voice ” #SayHerName.Īnd exhale a dance with the death we knowīodies haunted by pellet wounds in their chests If we do not acknowledge what might easily be a Black woman’s fate will her story be reported? Will our children of color, our Black women be just another of the countless unseen? Not if Aja Monet has anything to say about it Her heart speaks. As Aja explains, “We keep scratching the surface of these issues and neglecting the root, which is this country never loved black people, and of course that meant black women. So what do we do? What do we say? We pay homage by proclaiming #BlackLivesMatter, but in action we do not #SayHerName. I think it’s just easier for us to ignore them because if we acknowledge them then we must acknowledge all of the women affected by violence and brutality, not just by police but by an entire patriarchal, racist system.” It’s not more difficult when it comes to black women. Granted, as Poet Aja Monet relates, “t’s difficult to quantify any brutality against human beings. ![]() ![]() Black women know that for them, an invisible betrayal awaits When in the presence of police, some, too many are raped. All too often our girls, women of color, are assaulted. Even in our schools, Black girls are more likely to be hit and told that they are unfit. ![]() It means as a Black Girl you are Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected. What does it mean to be a girl child of color, a woman dark in complexion, a Black Woman in America? Why is that? Why is it that little girls and women of color are brutalized and yet, rarely is it mentioned? Why do we not march and rally for all of the girls and women who lost their innocence - lives and limbs? Why is there is silence? “Why?” Perhaps, beneath these questions is another. Sadly, too few have heard their names before or seen them in print. The Poet, Aja Monet is heard to say, “Melissa Williams, Darnisha Harris, Michelle Cassell.” These are the names of many of the girls and women who were injured or killed by police. Piercing through the silence a strong and ardent voice emerges. ![]()
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