We are all Kamala

History has been made! I usually abstain from talking about politics but this is something that can't be missed!

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!! KAMALA HARRIS!!!!! :D

one word. RESPECT.

From being murdered in the womb for being a girl to becoming the vice president of the most powerful country in the world. We, brown women, have come a long way.

This sounds like saying much but let's not fool ourselves, this is a big fucking deal! Brown women are beginning to make a dent on the mainstream global culture. At first, it was Lilly Singh (Youtuber from Canada) to Kamala Harris (VP of USA). This gives us hope that we are being represented finally in a space in which only the white women mostly dominated.

I had a strange moment. I saw one of my pictures and I realized that my brown colour is actually beautiful and you know what... I'm proud of it! All my life I have grown up in a world where black colour or brown colour is perceived negatively whereas anyone who remotely resembled a caucasian girl was treated with special care by the people in school, or in the neighbourhood and etc. etc. I admit that I grew up hating myself for that dark colour.

But last night, for the first time, I was comfortable and happy about my colour and I'll go a step further, I even love my colour more than white. I mean, can you imagine? The caucasians are obsessed with darker colour that they spray themselves tan! The grass may be greener on the other side but that doesn't mean that you stop watering your garden at all.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! TIME FOR A "WOMEN OF COLOUR" PARTY!!

I must say that this is much more than just about women of colour. The world is a better place when it is represented by all genders and all colours of people. I welcome the change which is more like growth, and fingers crossed, things will get better from here.

ToOdLeS