Mel Hopkins

SoulJourn: "Deciding to work where you're not welcomed"

Marlyn Thomas English Instructor Alabama A&M University talks about the hypocrisy black female artists face when going against the grain of popular opinion.

 In the book, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

"Black females working at West Computing in Hampton, Virginia worked on a government job that provided them neither the transportation or public area rights as white counterparts; however, they continued to work and eventually began to see where they could win battles one at a time."

Many have stated the film “Hidden Figures” and the actions of those black women featured were inspiring.  However, when Chrissette Michelle decided to perform at Trump’s presidential inauguration, she faced black twitter backlash and was all but black-listed among “progressive” Blacks.

So, what’s the difference?  Thomas states it goes back to the Madonna and Whore archetypes and the policing of black women’s movement must be checked and stopped.  Source: "The hypocritical attacks on black female artists that perform for Trump"