Posts Tagged ‘Domestic Violence’
Teaching Black Teens the Signs of Dating Violence
1 in 3 teens in the U.S. experience dating violence. However, being Black and a woman puts you at an even higher risk, according to a recent study.
Read MoreVictim/Defendant: The Criminalization Of Domestic Violence Survivors
When Black women experience various forms of intimate partner violence, they often cannot access resources like white women.
Read MoreStopping Domestic Violence in the Black Community
Christina Jones recently spearheaded a conversation about domestic violence in the Black community and how to better support survivors.
Read MoreBlack Girls and Women Killed At Rate of 4 Per Day In 2020 As Homicides Increased
The FBI and CDC found that Black girls and women were the most often killed among female demographics last year.
Read MoreThe Quiet Crisis Killing Black Women
Black women are more vulnerable to domestic violence due to a constellation of factors, including high rates of poverty, lack of access to resources and systemic racism within systems designed to help victims of abuse
Read MoreBresha Meadows Case Demonstrates How Domestic Survivors Are Punished for Defending Themselves
After nearly a year of being dragged through the criminal justice system, it appears there might finally be some good news in the Bresha Meadows case.
Read MoreStudents in blackface re-enact Chris Brown beating Rihanna
In an show of racism and ignorance of domestic abuse, high school students wore blackface to reenact abuse between Chris Brown and Rihanna.
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