Coco Cree

06/05/2026

I never felt like an imposter.

Not because I was never questioned. I was.
Not because I was always welcomed. I was not.

But because I knew the people counting on me to doubt myself were often mediocre.

Sometimes what gets called imposter syndrome is actually institutional gaslighting.

Black women are not walking around feeling like frauds because we lack ability. We are navigating rooms that benefit from us questioning what we already know.

You earned your seat. You know your work so refuse to internalize somebody else’s discomfort with your competence.

06/04/2026

Because what happens to us is not random.

That phrase came out of the women’s liberation movement of the late 1960s. The point was simple but radical: the things women were told were “personal problems” were actually connected to systems of power.

And that still applies.

The way Black women are spoken to at work, doubted in rooms, punished for tone, expected to overperform, underpaid, overworked, and then told to be grateful, that is not just personal.

That is structure. That is culture. That is power trying to make itself look like personality conflict.

We’re naming it accurately. Black is professional.

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

This is a short video breaking down the Voting Rights Act so please do more research, this is only a start. Also please share with young folks in your communities that ay not understand the importance of the vote.

06/02/2026

I hope Baby Cree is proud.

06/02/2026

And there’s a difference.

Black women get called intimidating when we are unwilling to make ourselves smaller for someone else’s comfort. But intimidation is not always about what I’m doing. Sometimes it’s about what my presence exposes.

I’m not responsible for managing the discomfort of people who expected me to be grateful just to be in the room. I’m not just “happy to be here”.

My confidence is not a threat. It’s just unfamiliar to people who thought I needed permission.

You’re intimidated. Black is Professional.

06/02/2026

1. The Louisiana Supreme Court sanctioned the undermining of residents voting rights. Eliminating a position after the people vote because the legislature doesn’t agree is a dangerous precedent.
2. The Anti-weaponization fund was blocked this week. It’s a fund that carves out several avenues for conservatives to collect. The money comes from a settlement between Trump and the IRS.
3. stay in the fight and share this with young folks

06/01/2026

I’ve never been good at code switching.

And for that, I’ve been judged. Not just by the rooms that expected it, but sometimes by other Black women who learned that adaptation was the safest way to survive.

I understand why it’s done. But I also know this: code switching will not save us. It will not protect us from being mislabeled, underpaid, over-policed, or misunderstood. It just asks high-functioning Black women to carry one more performance while already carrying everything else.

I’m not interested in translating myself to be tolerated.

Anti code switching. Pro full self. Black is Professional.

03/08/2024

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