First, the assertion that Claudette Colvin’s erasure from the Montgomery Bus Boycott narrative was not a result of respectability politics and colorism is ahistorical and obtuse. Ms. Colvin herself, along with her family, Black feminists, and historians, have confirmed that her being a pregnant, dark-skinned teenager was the reason she was deemed unsuitable to be the face of the movement, in favor of Rosa Parks. To deny this is to ignore the long and painful history of how skin tone has been weaponized against Black women and girls within our own community. The information is readily available to anyone willing to look beyond the sanitized versions of our history.

Second, a commenter recently made the patently false claim that this page advises Black women to find a “good man.” Let me be unequivocally clear: I am not a dating or relationship expert. My mission is to advocate for the happiness, health, safety, and sanity of all Black women and girls. I have consistently maintained that while not all men are actively causing harm, the silence and inaction of so-called “good men” in the face of evil makes them complicit. Therefore, all men represent a potential risk.

This work was started to warn Black women and girls that the danger is not always from the outside. The data shows that Black men and boys are harming us at an exponential rate. It is a difficult and often thankless task, made more so by those within our own community, primarily other Black women, who attempt to silence and deflect.

This platform will not tolerate intentional misleading, weird agendas, or smear campaigns. While differences of opinion can be had respectfully, there is no room for the kind of confusion and lies that have been recently posted. The work continues, and the mission remains the same: to center and protect Black women and girls.