When Will Black Women Ever Get RESPECT???
Saw this on Writing is Fighting's blog. This is SO TRUE:
It is the lack of respect for a Black woman's body that leads people to think that they can touch you when you do not want to be touched, that your body is not respected, like strangers wanting to touch your hair, men rubbing up on you in 'da club, or the patronizing hand / shoulder-tap from a stranger when it was not needed or asked for. I got an interesting comment on a previous post from Quincy who recounted a story about a Toronto cab driver who hit her during an argument about his driving.This would not happen to a white woman. Period. If it did, the cops would have been all over the guy's ass. The issue is that people do not treat black women with the same respect.
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It is the lack of respect for a Black woman's body that leads people to think that they can touch you when you do not want to be touched, that your body is not respected, like strangers wanting to touch your hair, men rubbing up on you in 'da club, or the patronizing hand / shoulder-tap from a stranger when it was not needed or asked for. I got an interesting comment on a previous post from Quincy who recounted a story about a Toronto cab driver who hit her during an argument about his driving.This would not happen to a white woman. Period. If it did, the cops would have been all over the guy's ass. The issue is that people do not treat black women with the same respect.
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