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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Leadership When Having a Seat at the Table Isn’t Enough
The play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, by Ntozake Shange premiered in 1976 - as a series of poetic monologues that told the stories of seven women who suffered oppression in a racist and sexist society. Shange's piece, written in the late seventies, portrays the triumphs and sorrows of the black woman's lived experiences. My junior year in high school, I performed a role in Shange's play as the “Lady in Purple”.
I often find myself reflecting on the many voices of the black women the play portrayed. Like when the Lady in Purple said:
“Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. ”
A woman who knows her magic – can share or not share her power. In the context of Black women leading, this idea begs the following question: When you have been given your seat at the table, what will you do with it?
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