15 Mar 2008 |
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She heard someone call her a woman, and then with the phrase, the voice added “that black woman,” pointing at her with his finger.
"That black woman over there,” like all he could see was the color- like the ‘I’ in her did not matter.
But it does matter and she knows it- turning to look at the direction of the voice, the energy that labeled her as “that black woman”. It was a man, a young male.
"Well I don’t blame him,” She said under her breath.
“He has been made to feel superior and mighty, perhaps because of the gift- that gift- you know- the one that is accorded to us all, but he has recognized his, by some diversion- of what he thinks is good.”
She paused, and then spoke, “what prompts thee to call me ‘that’, that black woman?”
“I mean no trouble, no disrespect, Miss.”
“Miss,” she reiterated his word with frown on her brow.
“Now, what makes you call me Miss?
“Look you here,” she continued.
“I am a Lady. “You hear me! You talk to me with respect. If you must refer to me with a word, then, perhaps make it proper, like, the lady over there.”
“But if I may say, why not ask me my name- the name given to me; not that black woman or Miss.” She employed him as she stood straight up. He looked at her with dismay in his eyes- surprised that she questioned him, but none the less, he sensed the boldness in her. He smiled faintly, and then responded.
“What should I call you?” He spoke as if it was a surprise that she should challenge him for calling her what she did not ascribed to.
“My name of course? She added.
“Your name?” he responded.
“Yes, my name.”
“And your name is?” he asked her, as if mocking her to tell him a name.
"I am Good! She said emphatically.
“That is the name accorded to me”
“Good.” He looked at her surprised.
“You know,” she said, “slightly turning her head, as if to engage him in a conversation. “In the beginning, God created man.”
“Now who said that I am not that man and Adam? She asked leaning towards him.
“I feel just as powerful and superior if I may use that word, “superior” for I see no man more superior than any man. We may well all be Adam, I suppose.”
“Who then is Eve, the woman,” the young man asked?
“Oh well, Eve is Eve, the tempter and conceiver who took us all out of the Garden of Eden, and here wrought thee to think of a word ‘black and a woman, and then, miss.”
“Who then is the serpent? He asked her. She looked at him innocently.
“Perhaps there isn’t a serpent, but just man and maybe Eve, the conceiver.” she replied, faking a smile. He paused briefly, and then added.
“Who are you? She ignored his question and went on.
“And who said, you are not the Eve, the conceiver of all the wrong thinking?” She said to him.
He looked at her, dismayed and thoughtless.
Not knowing what to say, the young man scratched his head and walked away.
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