Successful Black Women

I'm watching jazz documentary about Bessie Smith sending a whole group of KKK klansmen running by marching out of her tent. There is an enormous strength in black women. I'm also aware that being a successful black woman seems to bring out the 'ain't shit' nigga patrol. Wendy Williams, JHud, MJB, Mo'Nique, and countless black businesswomen and entertainers who are strong in the face of so much, and then get ripped off by their own husbands because 'well, they're strong. They can take it.' But strength doesn't mean being indomitable, impervious, and invincible. True strength is layered, complex, feminine/masculine, hard and soft, filled with heroic moments as well as quiet soft times. Does the external strength make good men scared to approach them? Do glitz and success attract the jackals? No wonder Oprah never got married. She was in "Color Purple" and was probably thinking "I already acted in that. I don't need to live it." #youtoldharpotobeatme #nahimgood