Black Does Crack … If You Don’t Take Care of It

Dijon Rolle
6 min readApr 4, 2023
Photo by Autumn Goodman on Unsplash

Growing up I remember hearing the saying “Black Don’t Crack.” It’s typically used to describe black folks who are aging well and looking good. Think Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Iman, Regina Hall, Regina King, Brandy, Gabrielle Union, Pharrell, Blair Underwood, Larenz Tate, Lenny Kravitz (my boo) and so many others. Not to mention our own mommas, daddies, grannies, aunties, brothers and sisters who are out…

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Dijon Rolle

Professional introvert who can still rock the party until 9 p.m. I like well-groomed beards & Golden Girls reruns. I write to understand the world around me.