Black women when you know who and what you are a low self esteem will cease to exist.  What I know to be true from my experience is that the more I know about where and from whom I came suffering from a low self worth are slim to none.  Most African Americans were not taught real Black History, like the wonderful ways(pre/post slavery)in which our ancestors influenced all cultures that exists today.  Sure, every year we celebrated Black HIStory month in school, but it was a watered down attempt to appease us as a people.  Imagine had we been taught  about Queen Hatshepsut, King Taharqa, Makeda(Queen of Sheba), King Solomon, Imhotep, Mentuhotep II,Queen Nzingha,etc., we would have been bad to def(as they say...in a good way).  Knowing what I know about my bloodline I wish to be nothing other than a beautiful black woman.  I thank the creator everyday for allowing me to wear this shell of what I know to be the epitome of beauty.  Which brings me to my first reason why we should all be proud to be black women.  #1:  It has been scientifically proven that the oldest human remains are that of a black woman out of Africa.  You cast the mold for all other races of beautiful women.  #2:  Your skin, hair, the irises of your eyes and the major organs of your body contain melanin.  Melanin was a gift from the creator to help protect our skin from the sun.  Melanin plays other important roles in the body like capturing the energy from the sun and utilizing the energy to assist with different bodily functions and also helps us from aging like other races.  Melanin is a dominant gene trait, not a curse.  #3:  Your hair which is naturally curly is strong and stands up(defying the law of gravity)like a million trees giving reverance to the sun...receiving energy from the sun energizing the body.  Our hair protects our head and contains 9 ether(the combination of all existing gases of nature).  #4:  We are naturally in tune with the rhythm of nature.  Have you ever noticed how we as a people can find the rhythmn and groove with ease?  #5:  We are naturally beautiful.  We have lips, hips, skin tones and behinds that others have to pay for.  Black women have a natural and we should thank the Most High for that.  #6:  We are spiritual people naturally and despite what some of us have allowed ourselves to become we are a morally conscious people by nature.  #7:  Black women and Black men are the civilizers of the world. We are the ones that created the sciences, mathematics, ethics, pyramids and civilizations that existed peacefully for millions of years.  #8:  Black woman you have influenced the world with your nurturing nature and you still have that ability...do not be afraid to embrace who you are.  #9:  Greatness is in your DNA.