SILK + TAN on MELANIN =

#islay 

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Dear Afrikan Girl,

My oyibo* friend asks me to hang out. Cool.

It is a warm summer afternoon; I could use an

excuse to spray on some sunscreen and

sip on a cold spiked .

Our conversation goes something like this:

A Softball Game?   No offense, but Isn't that the game where women pretend to be men playing baseball?

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I think I am too African*  for this one,

but I must be a good sport.  Truth is, my oyibo friends

would totally come with me to my

“ connect-with-the-ancestors” African drumming

class in Altadena if I invited them.

So, I say Yes.

But, I don’t feel like wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

I woke up feeling too bougie today. Too je-ne-sais-quoi.

I know I must wear a !

But which one?

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So I choose this strappy, silky, tan

with pale flowers and a deep

low - cut in the back.

Just in case I meet a hot coach,

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like Denzel Washington

in the Remember The Titans movie.

Just kidding. I am “not really” dating, at the moment.

This is no ordinary tan dress!

It's a $200 William B and Friends ,

and no I DID NOT buy it!

My landlady gifted it to me, maybe as a peaceful

truce to our never-ending fights

and gladly, I obliged.

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