Deeper Than Melanin

‘I don’t want to be strong anymore – but what are the options? I have to be strong because I’m forced to be.’

When the opportunity to promote and discuss her book Melanin knocks on the Marie’s door, so do the hands of a man who can’t understand the word ‘no’. Her host creates an environment of discomfort – until she steps up and pushes pack. Marie shares the inner conflict of being a strong black woman: the exhaustion and frustration, as well as the ultimate acceptance and embracing of her strength and vulnerability.