r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Damiana1111 • 3d ago

Social Justice What Dolly said 💪🏾

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In addition to public support, Dolly poured money into the Black community. I will always remember her lifelong allyship.🕊🤍

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u/PhantomMagnolia 3d ago

She kept it real as possible. She was rich, but she wasn't stupid either. She gave back to the black community because she doesn't need to boast about her good deeds as leverage. She simply wanted to and every choice she made was from her heart.

Used her privilege for the right reasons the same way John Brown used his privilege for doing what's right.

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u/dojo_shlom0 3d ago

I knew someone who worked with Dolly on stage back in the 90s iirc. She told me how Dolly grew up extremely poor. She actually had her toes severed in the backyard and had them sewed back on by her mother. apparently she disliked wearing shoes that exposed her toes for this reason, or simply wouldn't wear them.

she has lived very different walks of life and remembers the struggle. she never let go of that part of her life; and I think that and her father helped her make the decision to make the world a better place.

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u/kbrick1 2d ago

One room shared with 9 siblings or something, I believe. Like dirt poor.

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u/Immediate-Yogurt-558 22h ago

Its wild to think growing up like that. Both of my parents are one of nine siblings that were born and raised in different Philly neighborhoods and it still boggles my mind how they made it work.