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Step 1: Ask yourself, "Am I an American black woman?" If the answer is yes, write and post. If the answer is no, proceed to step 2.
Step 2: Ask yourself, "Do I have any deep, close, personal friendships with American black women?" If the answer is yes, write and post. If the answer is no, proceed to step 3.
Step 3: Ask yourself, "Have I made a deep effort to understand, through a combination of long talks with members of that demographic, research, reading, and a lil' bit of good old fashioned imagination, the social and personal undercurrents that contribute to the collective psyche of the American black female experience?" If the answer is yes, write (carefully!) and post. If the answer is no, proceed to step 4.
Step 4: STFU.
