A Phoenix First Must Burn

by Patrice Caldwell

“In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burn.”

Malcolm X said, “The most neglected person in America is the Black Woman.”

There’s a reason they use certain words in the military, words like eliminate and target instead of kill and person. It’s so you gain distance. It’s so you don’t waver. It’s so you don’t see your enemy close enough to see yourself.