And you know what? Sayings like “Beauty isn’t everything” and “Beauty’s on the inside” or “Be Black and proud” are lies. Flat-out lies. If someone ever offers me one of those stupid lines, I promise I’ll scream loud enough to make the walls of Jericho tumble down, because beauty is everything. I’ll tell you what beauty ain’t. It ain’t some organ hidden on the inside—no one cares about how good your heart is. And another thing, being Black like me ain’t nothing to be proud about.
