This ‘Financial Activist’ Says Black Women Should Assert Their Fiscal Independence Even While In Relationships. Here’s Why

Essence Magazine:

Photo credit: Mena Darre By Jasmine Browley ·Updated March 17, 2022

The first thing you notice about Dasha Kennedy’s Instagram page probably isn’t her robust following of more than 181k.  Or even the beautiful images of her striking face. It’s the handle: @TheBrokeBlackGirl. 

As you can imagine, there’s a story behind the name. A really inspiring one. 

The Georgia native, 34,  grew up as most middle-class Black people do, in households

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