Sometimes I wonder, “Did I miss the boat? Did my time to
shine and become the greatness that I’d always known I was meant to become pass
by?” I mean seriously, I’m a 42 year-old a Gen-Xer and I look at millennials,
especially the black women millennials and I’m agog. I was raised thinking and
believing that I was as free and entitled as could be, but these 36 year olds
and under - fierce and fabulous millennial women - have taken that notion to
the next level.
These black Millennial Women took the freedom and
entitlement that I cloned from the white boys of the 80s and 90s and elevated it,
upgraded it and have Glowed up! These mega women, as I am choosing to call them,
are the embodiment of freedom and entitlement. They are absolutely unapologetic
about everything, especially their blackness, their bodies, their feelings and
their self-worth. They give no fucks about saying and seemingly deeply
believing the phrase, “I don’t give a fuck.” These new warrior women are not
scared to tell the white world about itself and still sit down, and have drinks
or sex with white men or women, or men and women of any race. They are
pro-black, pro-choice, pro-guns, pro-do you boo! These BMWs – Black Milennial
Warriors, are not afraid to fuck and fall in love with any shade or gender of
the rainbow coalition. They seem to follow their bliss, learn from the mistakes
of their forefathers and charge forward knowing that they are the absolutely
bomb-diggity!
Currently I’m dating one of these BMWs and I must admit…I
feel antiquated at times. However, the education is everything. Being with a
BMW is most definitely upping my game, I’m taking risks in a way I never dreamt
to imagine. I’m finding a new depth of comfort with myself, my color, and my
sexuality. I’m experiencing Erica more unapologetically than ever.
So obviously I won’t be the new kid on the block or a
prodigy. I more than likely won’t be referred to as the new, young, fresh
faced, whatever. However, maybe just maybe my time hasn’t passed.
Maybe this is the most
perfect time of all for me. We shall see!
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