"You are so pretty for a black girl!"

It's like a compliment and insult all in one.

I must have misunderstood,

But I thought beauty was plainly... beauty.

Accept me for my coily hair.

Accept me for my high spirit, my bright smile.

Call me beautiful for me and not compared to anyone else.

Call me beautiful, yes you may,

But don't you dare call me beautiful for a black girl !