In the last six months I’ve come to know a lot of black women who are doing great things, have big dreams, big goals and are putting huge amounts of effort into realizing them. I know this because it’s my self-given duty to connect with black women and use All Black Woman as a portal for the recognition and the upliftment for women of African descent, but before I began on this journey, the things I see and know now were not so apparent. Why not? Black women are goal getters, strong in character and determined by nature. Most of us are pushed by our parents to do better than they did and/or we are pushing back against discrimination in society that is both race and sex conflicted. There are tens of thousands of black women just like you feeling exactly the same way. But for the most part the struggle and achievements of black women go unrecognized even amongst ourselves and within our own community. There are several reason for this, but today let’s just look at one in particular. Unity! Our efforts are all fought as individual battles, we are scattered, fractionalized and independent in our dream weaving. We are so concentrated with our heads buried deep in our own endeavors that we barely have time to look around, let alone get to know of other black women taking the same path. It is this fractionalized effort of black women that contributes to the continuation of us going unnoticed. As we do not push through as a group but instead make individual breaks here and there, a black woman who achieves something great is considered to be an exception to our race. A successful or accomplished black woman is still considered to be the exception.  I will be the first to admit that its great to hear, Mrs. Brown the first black women to do this or that, as it provides us with a sense of inspiration and hope as we can see that a gate has been opened. However, I also want to hear more that black women, emphasis on the plural, are doing this or doing that. Not one exceptional person but one united group. It is only by working together and assisting each other that we will begin to see greater numbers of black women rise to the point that there will be no choice but to recognize our prominent presence. Don’t close the door in the face of the sister behind you, hold it open and allow us to come flooding in. Wherever you are or in what ever you are doing be a team player and an honorable sista. Can you help your sista get that job, or join that group or get on that team,? If you can then that means that there will be two of you and then three and then even four and then seeing black women in that same position or post will become a norm and not an exception. It is possible to ignore one but not many!