Protect Black Women - Blog Posts

above all i want all black women and young black girls to stay safe and remember their self worth

Why were you so mad otp this morning? 🙁😯

I wasn't mad at you or Tarrant, sorry if I came off that way. Yasmin & I went out for breakfast this morning then went to get gas, some African dude at the gas station register was snapping his fingers at her to get her attention for something (I think our car was blocking the gas truck & he wanted her to move it) & addressed her as "girl", he just had this condescending attitude that didn't sit well with me. So I walked over & snapped my fingers in his face & told him not to snap his fucking fingers at her or call her "girl" cause that shit is mad annoying & rude, & he was like, "oh, okay sorry". Like you know how to fucking use your mouth & say "excuse me, miss" if you wanted her attention, she's not a fucking kid or an animal that responds to noises. I could tell he's one of those pricks who think that just because they're male they're the superior gender & are used to antagonizing women & nobody ever got in his ass about it. Idk how he treated people in Africa but we don't snap our fucking fingers at people here. This ain't the medieval era when men clapped at female servants & ordered them around & shit. Men feel comfortable asf disrespecting women nowadays, especially black women, & that shit ain't it. 🙄 Doing shit like that to my fiancee, mom or sister will get you fucked up & your fingers broken, on God. He better quickly learn to keep them bitches to himself. That lil weak ass tantrum was completely unnecessary & it almost got his goofy ass choked the fuck out.

Her name was Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau.

She was 19.

#SAYHERNAME

Her name was Samiya and she was brutally stabbed in the neck and chest before she was taken to a New York hospital with her sister Sanyia (who had been stabbed in the arm), where she did not survive her injuries from her neck and chest. These sisters were just at a store, and this predator FOLLOWED them after he was rejected and attacked them. He waited for them -and he's still not caught. This is just absolutely horrifying.

Misogyny fuels violence against women -and this very clear epidemic is killing young girls and women.

I cannot imagine the degree of entitlement you think you have to anyone's time and bodies- that anyone could hold that much disdain for rejection, and is okay with exerting power, control, and violence upon another person because YOUR ego is bruised. Fuck toxic masculinity and dismantle the patriarchy until it burns to the ground because I'm so sick of seeing this.

I wish all the best to the family and loved ones of Samiya. This young teenager should still be here. And I hope the man who did this gets apprehended and faces endless misery and misfortune in his lifetime.