{"id":5125,"date":"2025-08-04T19:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=5125"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:37:22","slug":"blackness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-6-winter-2025-2027\/blackness\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackness"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h4><em>A&#8217;Miyah Stadler<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What it means to be Black<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vulnerable\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undescribed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not taken seriously<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Little Black girl\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Light skinned Black woman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fear of criticism\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Existed in the margins<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sexualized entity\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So many stereotypes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cliches and comparisons\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exist as a full human being\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bold\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proud\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chameleons\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beautiful<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Complex<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Breathe and move as they should<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A&#8217;Miyah Stadler<\/strong> is a senior Biological Sciences major from Rahway, New Jersey, expecting to graduate in January 2025. 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