We Sitting This One Out: Black Women are Tired

We move at our own pace

Let me be clear: Black women have done our part. And for 2025? We sitting this one out. Not because we don’t care, but because we refuse to keep running into a burning building when the folks inside set it on fire themselves.

The Exhaustion Is Real

Growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, I had all kinds of friends—Black, white, Latinx, Asian—and we all believed in a future where things would keep moving forward. Now? We’re in a full-blown rewind. It’s giving Jim Crow 2.0. And honestly, I’m exhausted. The amount of racist, wild, disrespectful energy thrown at Black women over the past decade has reached a level that I simply refuse to entertain anymore.

We saw Trump slide into office on some shady shit, and from that moment, we watched every other group come at Black women crazy. We watched people laugh at our warnings, dismiss us, disrespect us, and then turn around crying when the consequences hit. And now? People are getting deported, attacked, rights stripped, and even war plans are on the table.

And you know what? We told y’all. Kamala told y’all. Hell, Hillary Clinton told y’all. But did anybody listen?Nope so we are sitting this one out, y'all did it now yall fix it.

Kamala Pulled Up, But Y’all Played In Her Face

Let’s talk about Kamala Harris for a second. Sis came in ready to work, and what did folks do? Nitpicked her to death. She wasn’t Black enough. She wasn’t this enough. She wasn’t that enough. Meanwhile, they didn’t even bother to Google her track record. People acted like she had superpowers and was supposed to fix 400 years of oppression in four years.

She showed up and did her job despite the mess, but it didn’t matter—because y’all were never going to let a Black woman win.

Black women get judged by impossible standards. If we are too assertive, we’re “aggressive.” If we’re composed, we “lack passion.” If we call out racism, we’re “playing the victim.” Kamala walked into one of the most dysfunctional administrations in history and Biden and Harris still managed to push through meaningful policies, but she wasn’t given one ounce of grace.

Meanwhile, white women got a free pass to switch up their politics like seasonal fashion trends. They voted for Trump, then turned around screaming “feminism” when Roe v. Wade got overturned. The same ones telling us to “vote blue no matter who” are the ones who helped put this country in the hands of extremists.

Trump Is Out Here Wildin’ & We’re Watching Like...

Fast forward to now: Trump is back in full villain mode, and the chaos is at an all-time high.

• He’s talking about mass deportations.

• He’s openly scheming to build a damn vacation resort on the bones of Palestine.

• He’s got tech billionaires messing with the government like they got elected.

• He’s gearing up to strip even more rights away.

• He’s out here talking dictatorship-level control like it’s casual conversation.

• I know you seen what just happen with the President of Ukraine on national TV.

  
  

And we’re supposed to drop everything and save this country again?

Nah. We watching like Homer Simpson sliding back into the bushes. We Waiting to Exhale Angela Bassett-ing this situation, lighting the car on fire and walking away. We Nene Leakes side-eyeing this whole election like, ‘OHHH, the ghettooo.’

Dropping the mic

Black Women Have Always Been The Backbone

Black women have been holding this country up since forever.

• We were the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement—organizing, strategizing, and marching.

• We saved Alabama, Georgia, and every other state in 2020 when y’all needed us.

• We built entire freedom movements, education systems, and community programs while getting zero credit.

• We showed up for every single progressive movement—**abolition, suffrage, LGBTQ+ rights, labor unions, environmental justice—**only to be ignored when we needed support.

  
  

And what did we get in return? Disrespect, erasure, and nonsense. So this time?

We’re clocking out.

Resting

What We’re Doing Instead

Instead of saving democracy, Black women are:

• Building our own wealth. Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. We getting to the bag.

• Protecting our communities. Y’all can go protest—we’re making sure our families and neighborhoods are straight.

• Investing in ourselves. Highest rates of education. Highest rates of business ownership. And y’all think we got time to run behind y’all again?

• Creating safe spaces. We’re centering joy, healing, and Black-owned everything.

• Focusing on political power in ways that serve us. We’re done being pawns in somebody else’s game.

  
  

  I saw this white lady on TikTok talking slick, asking Black women to step up and “do something” instead of dancing, resting, and minding our business.

  Ma’am.

  We are absolutely going to learn our line dances. We gon’ hit the "Where them fans at?" step. And we gon’ WAP if we feel like it. You know why? Because we already did the work—and you ignored us every time.

  Black women always know what time it is and when it’s time to bounce. You’re not gonna guilt-trip us into fixing what you broke. Not this time.

  Y’all wanted to lead? Go ahead then—lead.

  
  

  Now if you’ll excuse us, we got a playlist to run through and some fans to WAP.

  
  

Without Us, Nothing Moves

Here’s the thing y’all fail to understand: Black women are the force. Nothing moves without us. This country? Runs on Black money, Black culture, Black labor, and Black resilience.

We’re not marching, begging, or explaining anymore. We’re not arguing with people who didn’t listen to us the first 100 times.

We remember how y’all froze us out of feminism. We remember how y’all laughed at our activism but stole our language, our movements, our fight.

If y’all want to fight for democracy? Go ahead. We’ll be over here, thriving, strategizing, and stacking our wealth. And when the dust settles, Black women with there Black Families will be just fine—because we always are.

Final Thought: The Cost of Ignoring Black Women

There’s a cost to ignoring Black women. There’s a cost to disrespecting us. When we stop fighting for you, you feel it.

This country will learn exactly how much Black women hold it up when we step back and let y’all handle it on your own.

So to all the folks panicking about 2025? Good luck. We’ll be watching from the sidelines with our wine, our businesses, and our peace. We will take care of our own men, women, children.

Y’all be blessed.

Signed one tired black women!