Sexual violence against black girls and women has, until very recently, been hidden in the statistics about “women” writ large. In many ways, those stores are similar. We are most vulnerable to the men in our homes. We are taught to blame ourselves. We fear reprisal for speaking up. But black women and girls face additional burdens of protecting the reputations of black boys and men. As black feminists have argued, that burden has trapped us in cultural silences that a focus on gender violence alone cannot capture.
The most accurate statement about black women and rape/sexual abuse ever!
