+Kai Hammond Haha.But seriously,I am in love with your poetry. It's amazing,inspiring,and just over all awesome. Sorry for talkin about you like you're not there,didn't see your comments until after I typed that. Love all around!😙
@@kleeamd8274 for years we were told we weren’t beautiful being manipulated into thinking that and being forced to change the way we look to fit in imprinting that message into our children to make things easy and then passing it down now that black women are final accepting themselves and their culture is amazing then for a white women to go and take that away and wear us like a costume it’s infuriating I get that people now see our beauty it’s nice but you can appreciate without appropriating
@@keekeeheehee3773 yeah.......ok. my family is Italian-american, Italians don't have their own culture?? Irish-Americans don't have their own culture? German-Americans don't have their own culture? French-Americans don't have their own culture? How ironic that you sound more ignorant than the people you accuse of ignorance
@@P.Mon432 nobody's wearing you like a costume..... such bs. Everywhere in the world, people are influenced by and have admired other people's nationalities, cultures and styles. Ever since the beginning of time, explorers who travelled to other lands and countries brought back with them some of the traditions, fashions, foods, lifestyles etc. Especially in America, the great melting pot, where everyone's culture at some point rubs off on everyone else. Americans are also heavily influenced by pop culture and celebrities, celebrities whose beauty is idoloizedand made to be the societal standard whether they are black or white, and the public wants to dress, act and be like them. So save it with the SJW BS . Culture, traditions, fashions of every nationality have been shared, copied, borrowed and admired over time since the dawn of time. The eyeliner women everywhere today wear was borrowed from Egyptian Queen Cleopatra - if you're not Egyptian, will you continue wearing eyeliner? Corsets and braziers were borrowed from the French - should women who are not of French lineage stop wearing bras and lingerie? Italian explorer Marco Polo brought back pasta from China - should we, who arent Chinese, stop eating spaghetti? Should we stop eating Chinese food? Should non-Italians stop eating pizza? In Ancient Greece, curly hair was the epitome of beauty, so much so, that wigs were made popular in 17th century Europe by King Louis XIV of France, where everyone all went absolutely mad for wigs that gave them big, dramatically voluminous hair. Modern bathrobes are derived from Japanese kimonos - should non-Japanese stop wearing them? The examples go on and on. Where is the line drawn? The exchange of ideas, styles, and traditions is one of the tenets and joys of a modern, multicultural society. Throughout human history, when groups have come together, they have imitated each other. Typically, this is seen as progressive. Of course "culture appropriation" can be negative, if it's done mockingly. But the way you describe it seems likes it being done out of admiration. Most people consider imitation a form of flattery. It's virtually impossible for different groups to live together and yet primly refrain from imitating what’s good or interesting about one another. Shared commonality and adoration is what brings about unity. It was the shared enjoyment, between blacks & whites, of rhythm & blues music that helped to end segregation, as black & whites congregated together at these venues. Also, last time I checked, blacks didn't have big asses and full lips on lock. I've seen plenty of white ladies with naturally big asses and full lips and plenty of black women with pancake asses and thin lips. It all comes down to genetics, body type and where on the body fat accumulates.
i am so glad to hear this perspective - its been hard for me because i am a minority of sorts but for me feminism is a harder driving force, for me personally - i understand the need to be separated in the sense that there are separate needs but unity is important too - we can share in our similarities and learn from our differences
This teacher never read Kimberle Crenshaw, did he. She's so iconic, she invented the idea of intersectionality which was initially created around the idea that black women are intersectionally oppressed in ways that black men and white women aren't. Shes so so good.
I love how the beg. is just her talking, just her talking about her day. Its not even poetry, rhyming Cat Hat Bat, not a thousand words stuffed inside 2 mins- its just her presence. And i love it.
Thank you for this poem, played it over and over 4years ago and i play it again today as women and children are dying at the hands of men in my country(South Africa). It's been a never ending battling, black women aren't only fighting racism but for our safety too. Please, pray with us🙏🏽
Reminds me of Frederick Douglas suggesting the women's suffrage movement come after that for emancipation..both interesting and reasonable, so to speak, points of views. The whole debate going on in the comments is infuriating though
"Too black to be a woman, and not man enough to be black" that line snatched my soul
Me too sister
"Lemme tell you bout this fuck shit" I'm listening
My exact thoughts
same
Ev TheBlooper meeeeee
"Too Black to be a Woman, and not Man enough to be Black"
To be a black woman, that line got me thinking
"Ain't this my middle finger?"
You're my new favorite human
"Soo, I'm black." *crowd goes fucking nuts*
Gerald Kijitskowski 😂 love it
I love Kai so much
+Howsenselessdeath Howpreciouslife
OMG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
Me too!I also followed the link in your video to find her!Been obsessed with her since!
Madelyn DeGraffenreid I'm right here you know
+Kai Hammond Haha.But seriously,I am in love with your poetry.
It's amazing,inspiring,and just over all awesome.
Sorry for talkin about you like you're not there,didn't see your comments until after I typed that.
Love all around!😙
Her mind is beautiful....😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏
+Sade Tucker She's an idiot
+THEWALRUSBALL Oh wow so are you
Jordan Teliaferro Hahaha!! Witty
Isn't it? :^) I hope she'll write a book one day.
lol you gotta do better than that nowadays.... that was weak.
"Wear my lips, ass and hair like a costume" favorite line, cause it's so true
Like black women don't dye their hair blonde, straighten their hair, bleach their skin. GMAFB
kleeamd82 we don’t wanna be y’all ... y’all forget y’all don’t have culture
@@kleeamd8274 for years we were told we weren’t beautiful being manipulated into thinking that and being forced to change the way we look to fit in imprinting that message into our children to make things easy and then passing it down now that black women are final accepting themselves and their culture is amazing then for a white women to go and take that away and wear us like a costume it’s infuriating I get that people now see our beauty it’s nice but you can appreciate without appropriating
@@keekeeheehee3773 yeah.......ok. my family is Italian-american, Italians don't have their own culture??
Irish-Americans don't have their own culture? German-Americans don't have their own culture? French-Americans don't have their own culture?
How ironic that you sound more ignorant than the people you accuse of ignorance
@@P.Mon432 nobody's wearing you like a costume..... such bs. Everywhere in the world, people are influenced by and have admired other people's nationalities, cultures and styles. Ever since the beginning of time, explorers who travelled to other lands and countries brought back with them some of the traditions, fashions, foods, lifestyles etc.
Especially in America, the great melting pot, where everyone's culture at some point rubs off on everyone else. Americans are also heavily influenced by pop culture and celebrities, celebrities whose beauty is idoloizedand made to be the societal standard whether they are black or white, and the public wants to dress, act and be like them.
So save it with the SJW BS . Culture, traditions, fashions of every nationality have been shared, copied, borrowed and admired over time since the dawn of time.
The eyeliner women everywhere today wear was borrowed from Egyptian Queen Cleopatra - if you're not Egyptian, will you continue wearing eyeliner?
Corsets and braziers were borrowed from the French - should women who are not of French lineage stop wearing bras and lingerie?
Italian explorer Marco Polo brought back pasta from China - should we, who arent Chinese, stop eating spaghetti? Should we stop eating Chinese food? Should non-Italians stop eating pizza?
In Ancient Greece, curly hair was the epitome of beauty, so much so, that wigs were made popular in 17th century Europe by King Louis XIV of France, where everyone all went absolutely mad for wigs that gave them big, dramatically voluminous hair.
Modern bathrobes are derived from Japanese kimonos - should
non-Japanese stop wearing them?
The examples go on and on. Where is the line drawn?
The exchange of ideas, styles, and traditions is one of the tenets and joys of a modern, multicultural society. Throughout human history, when groups have come together, they have imitated each other. Typically, this is seen as progressive. Of course "culture appropriation" can be negative, if it's done mockingly. But the way you describe it seems likes it being done out of admiration. Most people
consider imitation a form of flattery. It's virtually impossible for different groups to live together and yet primly refrain from imitating what’s good or interesting about one another. Shared commonality and adoration is what brings about unity. It was the shared enjoyment, between blacks & whites, of rhythm & blues music that helped to end segregation, as black & whites congregated together at these venues.
Also, last time I checked, blacks didn't have big asses and full lips on lock. I've seen plenty of white ladies with naturally big asses and full lips and plenty of black women with pancake asses and thin lips. It all comes down to genetics, body type and where on the body fat accumulates.
She is so enthralling to listen to! I didn't even recognize the six minutes going by, I was too busy listening to her! Beautiful, hilarious woman!!
Maddie Bolland I didn’t notice that it was six minutes until I read your comment 😂
"Ain't I Liberia?" Thank you for recognizing us sis.
Shouldn't it be aren't I Liberian? You can't be a country not matter how excepting you are of fat people.
It's slag man, it's fine dude.
+Kelven Optimus Maximus shes trying to make a point
Wow I'm bad at English, accepting not excepting.
+Kelven Optimus Maximus ppggg
Her mind is beautiful and so is she.....
If this girl doesnt become a comedian idk why. She is amazing
Ain't this Haiti? I almost cried, girl. Thanks for including my country in this beautiful performance
I have fell in love with her words, her thought process is something I wish I had
I have a friend that keeps say that there is not one less protected and more disrespected than the black woman. I hate how correct she is.
Jasmin Gentry Brother Malcolm said that in his Autobiography. It’s still true today, sadly
Wish I could have had her back in that classroom. I know what that's like. Love her poetry. It's so real.
Damn...She's so powerful.She just made me see a whole different world.
This deserves so much more than 2k views 👏
Marina Desiree it’s 427k views now
her mind is beautifully open
When I tell you i cried real tears. This was absolutely beautiful, Amazing!
i am so glad to hear this perspective - its been hard for me because i am a minority of sorts but for me feminism is a harder driving force, for me personally - i understand the need to be separated in the sense that there are separate needs but unity is important too - we can share in our similarities and learn from our differences
Kai Davis has always challenge the true definition of what beauty is. Her brain is so beautifully wired, it's admirable.
Every word she says is so powerful. I need her poetry in my life.
This teacher never read Kimberle Crenshaw, did he. She's so iconic, she invented the idea of intersectionality which was initially created around the idea that black women are intersectionally oppressed in ways that black men and white women aren't. Shes so so good.
Intersectionality is so important. I loved this
I love how the beg. is just her talking, just her talking about her day. Its not even poetry, rhyming Cat Hat Bat, not a thousand words stuffed inside 2 mins- its just her presence. And i love it.
Thank you for this poem, played it over and over 4years ago and i play it again today as women and children are dying at the hands of men in my country(South Africa). It's been a never ending battling, black women aren't only fighting racism but for our safety too. Please, pray with us🙏🏽
Kia Davis,Porsha O, Crystal V. Are life
Jasmine mans as well !! 😊
Whew, bringing this one back to the timeline
Love your points and views. Keep debating- even if you're the only trifecta to hold it down.
One of the best spoken words I've heard in a while.
kai is a poet i like to see more often
This is one of my favorite poems. You have no idea how relevant this is for me...
Kai is so amazing!!
Kai be fucking people up. For a while, I was a little worried she stopped.
Omg I remeber being obsessed with this video when i was a kid and loved her❤️
I have been called "black beauty" since I was 6. I know that I am a "I am a black beauty". And I am Proud To Be a WomanBlack is beautiful
I identify with her and love her honesty.
Beautiful beautiful. I love her poem beautiful and intriguing!
Kai is Awesome
Omg i accidentally but purposefully came across u i not only have chills but they've reached to my soul. U are powerful please don't b silenced.
I love her , i swear
Why doesn't she have a RUclips channel?!
Try +Kai Hammond
PpZ v
I know. I love this chick. She needs one with just her thoughts and poems on it. I guess she's too busy with her studies and life.
Proclaim unnecessary
Proclaim Hush plz
Damn! Lady, this poem is awesome.
so in love with her
Omg you gave me chills! I would love to see you perform one day!
God, I just found this girl, and I am already in love with all her Poems
still my favorite poem years later
yes I'm back again
i really enjoy your poems.. your very smart, talented and have tunssss of humor..kudos to you!!
Allow me to say I honestly like the aggression near the end
I love it
Have loved this poem since high school ❤️❤️❤️
Kai is amazing
I have goose bumps, I love it.
The beginning of the vid is a mood
She is a queen
Kai Davis go hard
love her!!!
Kai I love ur poetry, u r so strong and I love how u speak ur peice.
It's official..I'm obsessed with her!! 😍😍❤❤
This was incredible
I think about this video at least once a week.
I love KAI , She is the truth
Gave me goosebumps
One of my favorite artist!
♥
come on through, Kai!!!
Loved how understated it was
Reminds me of Frederick Douglas suggesting the women's suffrage movement come after that for emancipation..both interesting and reasonable, so to speak, points of views. The whole debate going on in the comments is infuriating though
i feel this so much
I wake up with an apology already forming in my mouth this is what it means to be a contradiction❤️❤️❤️
love Kai so much
amazing. I couldn't look away.
2020... and still ready to blast this on the loudest speaker from the highest building 🤦🏾♀️
Simply amazing. She went in, I Iike
My soul left my body, then came back to me renewed
simply amazing
I love this so much. Like. Damn.
Nothing but snaps!!!
good job
Love u Kai!!! Ase'👑
QUEEN!!!
I just love her!!!!
« So lemme tell you about this fuckshit. ». 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 dying
Perfect example of intersectional identities playing out in our lives ❤
That was beautiful.
She is so awesome
made me cry....
She's so fucking brilliant.
"So let me tell you about this f**ks**t" 😂😂😂
Kai rocks some good points. Be both but I won't be locked on anything that isn't benefit of my folks
Chills 😲👌🏽👍🏽
wonderful.
This is my fight song. Again, today of all days, thank you.
Still watching still can’t find her on any social media
Beautiful mind and soul
so good omg
Love love love it!!!!
Guys...I'm so in love.
Ugh she is so 😍😩😍
I fucking love her oh my lord
I’m black as hell , a women asf, gay asf ❤️❤️❤️👏🏽👏🏽 ouuu I love this omg!