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8 Ladies, Inspired By Maxine Waters, Share What Makes Them Strong Black Women
They won’t be intimidated or undermined.
The congresswoman responded to Bill O’Reilly’s racist and sexist insult about her hair with words that deserve to be a daily affirmation.
“I am a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined,” Waters said on MSNBC.
Waters paraphrased her powerful words in a tweet using the hashtag #BlackWomenAtWork, amplified by activist Brittany Packnett in response to the disrespect the representative and White House correspondent April D. Ryan endured on Tuesday.
I am a strong black woman. I cannot be intimidated, and I'm not going anywhere. #BlackWomenAtWork
— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) March 29, 2017
HuffPost Black Voices was so inspired by Waters’ response that we decided to highlight even more women. Using the hashtag #StrongBlackWoman, we asked our Twitter followers to tell us what makes them a boss.
Check out some of their tweets below:
@blackvoices @MaxineWaters everyday we are faced with stereotypes esp in corporate white America but I persevere. #strongblackwoman pic.twitter.com/X2O2EKejVE
— Big Baby Bam (@RosaSparkzZz) March 29, 2017
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