![]() ![]() i bought into the idea that making good choices around education and career would entitle me to a broader set of options in every part of my life. i had never wanted to be a single mother. i spent my 20s and most of my 30s waiting on a partner to show up before i would ever consider children. now that i'm grown and no longer believe the black women should imbibe shame and blame for the great ways that we build families and lives in range for filling partnerships and work to maintain safe homes and steady employment. ![]() ![]() the goal do not be like them inmates are drive and hustle. these are the narratives that working-class quote unquote good girls buy into in order to make our way out of the hood. i knew very early on that i did not want to be like the girls in middle school saddled with children i cannot support due to a lifetime of low-wage work with little opportunity for advancement. The dubious origins of my birth my family certainly would not have been invited to jack and jill. ![]()
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