You Not Black If You Don’t Know a Ta’Carra Williams

You not Black if you don’t know at least one Ta’Carra Williams. No, like for real. You’re literally not Black. Even if you have Black skin. You’re not Black if you don’t know a Ta’Carra Williams. You know, she works in corporate for some company that you would not expect to require or have a corporate. She the one in the family with a “good job”. She’s the one who Erica Campbell made “I Luh God” for. She’s the target audience for “I Luh God” by Erica Campbell. Deadass. And you not Black if you don’t know her.

Her house always be smelling like air. Like if air had a scent, her house always be smelling strongly like that. Her kids lowkey mean as fuck, but her son got a Nintendo 3DS, and fucks with dinosaurs, so you lowkey fuck with that nigga. Her daughter be in her own world, though. She probably works at the bank, actually. And her house smells like cranberry pie, and she’s really fun at karaoke. Or nah, actually. Maybe she goes to a super-church, and the Target near her house for some reason feels more Target than any other Target you ever been to or ever will be. Maybe.

Every other house in her neighborhood is one-story. Except for her house. She the only house in the neighborhood with stairs. She refers to Mary J. Blige and Faith Evans as “her girls”. She don’t know them. She work for the school, too, never specifically specifying what the job is. Just saying, “I work for the school.”

And also she praying for them people over there.

Her name is Ta’Carra Williams. And you not Black if you don’t know her. Yeah, you heard me right. African-American status revoked.

If you ain’t never listened to her belting out “Let it Snow,” by Boyz II Men on Christmas morning. If you ain’t never been lectured by her husband on how important it is for Black people to get “financial literacy”. If you ain’t never babysat her chihuahua. If you ain’t never received a hug that felt like what hugs were intended for. If you ain’t never gotten the GOAT hug. If Ta’Carra Williams has never given you the GOAT hug, don’t let me catch you celebrating Black History Month. Forreal.

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