Stuff Black Girls Like

#11 Winning Stuff

Black girls love winning stuff. . .or maybe it's just me.

I won a cactus today. We had an Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at my job. The door prizes were tiny cacti plants. I was sooo geeked. LOL

In 2003, I won free tickets to Tavis Smiley Presents' Success Soul. Speakers included Iyanla Vanzant, Magic Johnson, Suzie Orman, and then Senator, now President Barack Obama. I feel so blessed, in retrospect, having heard him speak before he became famous.

The best prize I won was back in undergrad. I attended an African Fair. It was also a raffle. I bought two $1 tickets. I won this book entitled, I Hear A Symphony. It's a collection of short stories, poems, and essays all about love.

It is, by far, the best thing I have ever won.

What is the best thing you have ever won?

#10 Love Songs

Black girls like love songs.

How can you tell a truly great love song? Read the lyrics. If just reading the lyrics still makes you happy and sad simultaneously, it's great. The voice of a great vocalist is just the icing on the cake.

1. Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
2. One Last Cry by Brian McKnight and I Remember You by Brian McKnight
3. Fistful of Tears by Maxwell
4. Whenever, Wherever, Whatever by Maxwell
5. I Love Me Some Him by Toni Braxton
6. Fallen by Alicia Keys
7. Her Heart by Anthony Hamilton
8. By Your Side by Sade
9. Loving You by Minnie Ripperton
10. Make Me Whole by Amel Larrieux

What are your top ten love songs?

#9 Tyler Perry Movies

Please no riots but I love Tyler Perry movies.

Not because they are critically acclaimed but just because I do. I mean where in the world are you gonna see Cicely Tyson in a movie.(And not be a maid).

Word on the street is that Perry is producing Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Committed Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enough.

The black establishment is livid. . . well at least on Twitter. LOL

I love Tyler Perry movies because he showcases black talent as STARS not the best friend, not the maid, not the sassy sidekick or magic negro.

Like all things black girls like, I will support it.