THRIVING Melanin Family Magazine September 2018 | Page 54

BEFORE
AFTER
We are making our
darker women feel
ugly, our thinner
women feel invisible,
and our thicker
women feel obese.
We need to embrace
all of our women for
whatever sizes they
are, and love them
for the skin they are
in...
LONDON "DEELISH" CHARLES 
We are making our darker women feel ugly, our
thinner women feel invisible, and our thicker
women feel obese. We need to embrace all of
our women for whatever sizes they are, and love
them for the skin they are in, rather than
recreating them into cartoon fetishes and
caricatures of womanhood.
Tamon "Complete Gentleman" Pearson
www.facebook.com/TamonPearson
Tamon Pearson--also known as
Black men, stop commenting on the size of
women's breasts and bottoms, especially around
your daughters. What they see you like, they will
attempt to become. Take responsibility for the
women in your life and give them the
affirmations that they need. Before they even get
out there--and while our women are there, now--
make them feel beautiful, intelligent, and strong.
That way, they build up the strength and courage
to tell the Harvey Weinsteins of the world that
they can go to Hell. Let them say, "me too" and
"times up." We as black men need to say "us first."
The Complete Gentleman--is the
founder of YBG (Yeshua's Black
Gentlemen) Ministries and the
expositor of The Real G Code. He
is a teacher, an entrepreneur, an
author, a licensed minister, a
Black activist, a counselor, and--
as a firm advocate for hip-hop
culture--an emcee. He is married
to his high school sweetheart,
and they have six children and
three grandchildren.
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