Black women and girls are under siege within their own communities and society at-large. Not only are they more likely to contract HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), they are at high risk for physical and sexual assault, and death from curable/manageable ailments such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. They also are more likely to be incarcerated and victims of violent crime, including suicide.
Every day, popular media bombards Black females with the same old one-dimensional stereotypes failing to to be invested in presenting more complex personas. Their most visible form of cultural expression, music, tells them that it is ok to be objectified, and subjected to sexist idealogy and behavior.
FACTS
Black girls are 34% more exposed to alcohol ads in magazines than girls from other backgrounds — CAMY
African American girls are three times more likely to be raised by a female single parent or grandparent than their white counterparts — CENSUS
64% of women with HIV/AIDS are Black — CDC
Black girls are 50% less likely to be considered gifted than their counterparts — US ED DEPT
18.8% of Black women will be a victim of rape/attempted rape — RAINN
Black women are twice as likely to be unemployed as white women — URBAN LEAGUE
Yes, these statistics are daunting and they’ll continue to be unless people like you get involved with helping our young women and girls develop the skills the need to not only survive, but thrive in this new millennium.
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