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Why SHE Is the Epitome of Black Women’s Radical Self-Care
It’s no secret that black women are caught in the crosshairs of violence—not just when encountering the police but also in our own communities and homes. But how often do we really talk about it?
While the Black Lives Matter Network was co-founded by three black women—two of whom identify as queer—police brutality continues to be gendered as an issue that only black men and boys experience. Meanwhile, the cases of African-American women such as Sandra Bland, Rakia Boyd, Miriam Carey and countless others prove otherwise.
Statistically, black women experience sexual assault and intimate-partner violence, or IPV, at disproportionate rates. A 2011 study by the Black Women’s Blueprint found that by the age of 18, more than 60 percent of black girls have been coerced…
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