Actress Meagan Good is all about sisterhood, especially in the era of reality television and its often one-sided portrayal of Black women fighting and arguing with each other.
Good and her sister, La’Myia, are on a mission to change that with their philanthropic initiative, The Greater Good Foundation.
“I think a lot of what the media is sending to the kids these days is that, hey, you’ve got to dress like this. You’ve got to fight other women,” Good told BlackDoctor.org. “We just want to give them another option, like, OK, you don’t have to be a bad seed. You can be a good girl or you can take pride in loving yourself, respecting yourself…”
Through collaboration with the high-end fashion brand, Defend Paris, the Good sisters recently released a limited edition red and black flannel with “Defend Good Girl” on the back.
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“Here’s this line of clothing that stands for something, that is about being strong in whatever your belief system or whatever it is you’re defending,” Good said. “So we were like, what about taking away the stereotype of a ‘bad b****’ and making it about the return of the good girl.”
Alongside their fashion endeavors, the sisters also teach the importance of sisterhood through a partnership with the arts program Musication in Compton. Through a specially-designed curriculum, which includes building self-esteem and promoting positive body images, Good and her sister become mentors to young girls from underprivileged backgrounds who may lack direction or support.
“A lot of these girls have dealt with teenage prostitution. They’ve dealt with being raped. They’ve been raped at parties, raped by family members. Some of them just didn’t have fathers in the home,” Good carefully explained.
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Really, the biggest thing is just teaching them that they are capable of any and every thing despite their circumstances, that the things that they’ve been through are actually their testimony.”
Good said it’s important for young girls, especially young girls of color, to build supportive and trustworthy relationships with one another. As Good picked the friends in her life, she chose people who are like-minded and possess a good moral compass.
“Choose carefully,” Good said about making friends, “and if that person is going in a way that you don’t want to see your life go, ultimately, you can still love them. You can still be friends from a distance. You can still communicate with them but that doesn’t mean you have to hang out with them or spend all of your time with them or do the same things that they’re doing… be a leader. Don’t be led.”
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