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The intersection of racism and sexism within the African American community has privileged the bodies of Black men over the bodies of Black women. Oftentimes, violent crimes against Black women become issues of African American racial division rather than of solidarity. I propose that we change our...

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Published in:Women & therapy 2002-10, Vol.25 (3-4), p.161-177
Main Author: Tillet, Salamishah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activism
African Americans
Black Community
Black culture
Black people
Blacks
Crime
Culture
Domestic violence
Females
Human Body
Males
Minority & ethnic groups
Rape
Social conditions & trends
Society
Violence
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Summary:The intersection of racism and sexism within the African American community has privileged the bodies of Black men over the bodies of Black women. Oftentimes, violent crimes against Black women become issues of African American racial division rather than of solidarity. I propose that we change our racial schema, in which issues of police brutality and racial profiling overshadow the continual trauma of Black women's bodies by Black men. I suggest these issues no longer be seen as distinctly separate or divisive, but that we create a world in which Black men and Black women have absolute authority of their bodies.
ISSN:0270-3149
1541-0315
DOI:10.1300/J015v25n03_12