As Black women, we are often taught that we have to work twice as hard for half as much. I thought I had to show up through all my struggles. I thought I had to keep going. I thought I had to be strong. And being strong almost killed me. In 2020 I said enough is enough.

White supremacy does not mean all white people think they are better than everyone else. It means we live in a society where whiteness is uplifted and blackness is rejected. We live in a society that was intentionally created that way. Anti-blackness is built into our systems and our stories and it affects every single one of us. Many black people also harbour anti-black sentiments.