It has long been argued that women, especially black women, have been relegated to a second-class status in American society, and despite modern advances remain subject to a debilitating discrimination in many areas of life. This book presents a fresh perspective on the many facets of sexism experienced by African American women, addressing such issues as wage disparity, spousal abuse, and the rising rate of AIDS among black women. It also examines the roots of sexism among African American males, including the effect of gangster rap music on perceptions of black women, and offers strategies for change.
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Michael Porter is the author of Kill Them Before They Grow. He lives in Savannah, Georgia.
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Every Black woman living in this country needs to have this book in their possession immediately! This book will indeed explain everything you wanted to know about life but were afraid to ask a man. Thank you Michael Porter for laying out the facts as raw as you did. This is a book that will save your life and enlighten you to progress independently. I couldn't put it down! It's an easy read but it's straight up with no chaser! I highly recommend this book to my sistas out there who want to know the real deal!
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regarding the plight of Black women in America today. Today, we see far more female heads of household than ever before. The whole popular culture attacks Black/biracial Black women on a daily basis and Black/mixed Black women are the fastest growing prison population.
This book talks about what people have said in private about Black womens' worsening plight. I hope Americans get a chance to read this book and to meditate, then do something about it because we are losing the fight in the Black community. If this goes on, the community would be only a memory.
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No other group in this country has it as bad as the black woman. Let me tell all y'all my brothers even we as black men got it better than our loving sisters. See we might take it from the white man's world but then we come home and sadly all too often we dump on our black woman. Now the black woman she is out there also taking it from the white man & the white woman & she's got nobody to dump on. Know where I'm going here?
Look we see the denigration of our Black Sisters in everything from advertising to Hollywood to even porno. Remember this... When they made Charlie's Angels they were going to use Thandie Newton but punked out & took on Lucy Liu instead. See it goes a lil like this: The white woman wants and demands to be the top. She is willing to share it with Latinas to a point and because so many of her men are obessessed with the Asian woman (which have the boyish type of body that the white man in his surrender to homoeroticism has desired and has been trying to force upon his white woman) But the white race will never allow truly the Black Woman on that pedestal. Never! Because our Black Sisters are not only beautiful and truly of the Feminine but they are Strong. The white woman could never withstand the competition. PEACE!
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While working as a child and family therapist, I had the opportunity to help many families deal with issues of domestic violence-verbal and physical abuse of the female spouse and sexual molestation of the children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
male supremacist power structure, white male supremacy, male power structure, nonwhite men, patriarchal power structure, oppressed men, male supremacists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, Marimba Ani, Native American, Frances Cress Welsing, African Queen, Killing Rage, Snow White New!
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- Smart money moves for african-americans by Kelvin Boston in Back Matter
- A Survey of Chemical and Biological Warfare by John Cookson in Back Matter
- The End of Work by Jeremy Rifkin in Back Matter
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