But I wanted to highlight this quote as well:
I grew up being told that I have to work triple as hard because I am black and then triple that because I am female. So, that’s what I did. I grew wanting to be Oprah but “better”. Because of the socio-economic position of many blacks this need to be driven is ingrained in us. And if we have opportunities like I did, we best take advantage of them. Many of the black females I ran with in college went on to be doctors, lawyers, etc. I was looked down upon by a research professor when I expressed my desire to stop grad school and do the internship with my church college ministry Volunteers For Christ. See, I was forfeiting all that the civil rights leaders had worked so hard for me to be able to do- I had gotten into law school and wasn’t going to go.
Be patient with young black females as God moves in their hearts to teach them about biblical femininity. I didn’t jump on the idea of submitting to a man. Why in the world would I? I definitely didn’t jump at the idea of biblical femininity and being “busy at home”. Though I realize “being busy at home” looks different in every home, before I understood this it looked like: wife, mom, and house-cleaner. It wasn’t all that appealing until I got to know people and saw their home and the beauty in it. But, it took time for God to reveal His Word and His heart to me. And now in marriage, because God has been so very gracious to me, I can/do submit, and even to a white man. I also love to be home with my children. This is a miracle that only God could do in my heart. I had to (and continue to) fight not only the world, not only feminist thoughts, but a culture that would say I sold out.
[http://www.wogmagazine.com/2012/03/dearpastorfromablackfemalecongregant/]
