In the U.S., black women face higher rates of domestic violence than do women of all other races, except Native women. “People already feel like black men are more violent, that black women are loud ... all these stereotypes,” Flowers said. People already feel like black men are more violent, that black women are loud ... all these stereotypes. “There’s this pathology about black women that we are kind of combative, the angry black woman trope,” Gardner said. Many black women have witnessed how seemingly minor interactions with police can quickly have life-changing consequences, Jacobs added.

Source: Huffington Post December 17, 2018 10:41 UTC