Dynamic singer Ledisi admits to being bullied as a young girl in New Orleans and Oakland.
Quite often in the Black community, we focus on what others do to us and not what we do to each other and the negative impact it can have on our lives.
There is a silent rule not to talk about what we have done to each other, probably birthed by the ‘what goes on in this house (community) stays in this house’ rule passed down through the generations. Nevertheless, hopefully, by admitting her truth, a little Black girl or boy who is being bullied will be inspired by her heartfelt admission albeit her current success.
Tonight, “This little brown girl from Hollygrove, New Orleans, Louisiana, and 96th & Holly East Oakland, California got bullied by the kids every day after school in both cities for being different and not fitting in….. Still not fitting in and being different….in the middle of a 31-city tour….Tonight
