Various Crimes Black Women Were Involved In:

[Instead of defining these, we described them as if we were the women committing these crimes.]


PANTOTING- "For me it was about takin wateva I cud get my hands on. And bringin it all back to mah family. I got 6 kids and a husband, includin me thas 8 moufs ta feed!! Eight!!. I works hard for massa and that horrible wife of his. Today she screamed at me to reclean the kitchen flo, afta Id done already tidied the entire kitchen and was well on my way in ta fixin dinner fa her and the chilrens! As long as mah work continue to go unappreciated and she treat me like I'm ona dem animals on the farm insteada perons. I'ma take what I need. NO I'ma take what I WANT!!..And today it was leftovas from dinner, pots ta heat em' up in, and a sheet to keep my babies warm."


DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY- "We all workin for the same cause, all the same skin color and the same gender. So when a group of us get together to decide to go on strike, and ONLY do domestic work for the set price we've decided on; we ask you to join and you say NO?!! HMMPH... just be prepared for the consequences."


POISONING FOOD- "I've grown tired, and when i say tired i don't just mean literally. I mean PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY!. The things about these white folks, no scuse me the thing about these white MEN is that they will never be wrong. There's always an excuse or a reason to justify every wrong inhumane action they do to us. He took something from me. Everyday since he first bought me and so I decided to take the only thing I could from him, without getting retaliated against...LIFE. Come dinnertime I made him a cake with a special surprise."


SPEAKEASIES- "This prohibition stuff is messin up my operation and my money.  How you gon' tell me I cant sell alcohol in my business? Ha! Im still gonna do it.  Just gotta keep it a secret."


NUMEROLOGIST- "What I do might be a crime to the law but all Im tryna do is help these people.  They pay me to tell them their future.  It's a win, win.  They win knowledge. I win money.  Times are hard."


PROSTITUTE- "Im not proud but it brings money to the table.  Ive been gawked at and poked and touched and made fun of by whites who never seen a body like mines.  Only option I have is to sell my body, the very same thing that separates me from them. You'd be surprise how them same white men who rape us, will pay me just to watch me dance."