History: Black Women and Rape

[Wind Song]

Once upon a time, it wasn't a crime to rape a black woman.
"The movement to end sexual violence in the lives of Black women in the U.S. is inextricably connected to the Civil Rights movement. We cannot effectively discuss the issue of sexual assault in Black communities without acknowledging the direct war that was waged against Black women through rape during slavery and the Jim Crow era."

"The Department of Justice estimates that for every white woman that reports her rape, at least 5 white women do not report theirs; and yet, for every African-American woman that reports her rape, at least 15 African-American women do not report theirs."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/shenegot...of-resistance/

[Dilloduck]

Once upon a time, it wasn't a crime to rape a black woman.
"The movement to end sexual violence in the lives of Black women in the U.S. is inextricably connected to the Civil Rights movement. We cannot effectively discuss the issue of sexual assault in Black communities without acknowledging the direct war that was waged against Black women through rape during slavery and the Jim Crow era."

"The Department of Justice estimates that for every white woman that reports her rape, at least 5 white women do not report theirs; and yet, for every African-American woman that reports her rape, at least 15 African-American women do not report theirs."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/shenegot...of-resistance/

Who is responsible for getting black rape victims to report it?

[jimnyc]

Great, another thread where blacks are victims more so than whites.

They are responsible for reporting it themselves. Unless you think poor whitey needs to visit them daily for reports.

[Dilloduck]

Great, another thread where blacks are victims more so than whites.

They are responsible for reporting it themselves. Unless you think poor whitey needs to visit them daily for reports.

Well our mistreatment of them destroyed them and the evidence is apparently all around us today.

[gabosaurus]

Jeez Wind Song, the Civil Rights movement ended 50 years ago. Black people can take of themselves. You do not need to speak for them.
That being said, there is ZERO reason for this thread.

[Wind Song]

More stories related to the work WS does. The subject is of interest to women.

[jimnyc]

More stories related to the work WS does. The subject is of interest to women.

Oh, I didn't realize where you work you only helped black women. I thought white women who were raped, even if reported more often, were just as heinous.

[ConHog]

Oh, I didn't realize where you work you only helped black women. I thought white women who were raped, even if reported more often, were just as heinous.

Even when WS has a valid point she has to be wrong. It IS a valid point that too many rapes go unreported, and if she wants to start a thread about that fine; but why throw skin color into the equation? Why reference things from 150 years ago as if some black woman today after being raped thinks "oh lawdy lawdy I besta not report mastah or i gets a whuppin."

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

[jimnyc]

Even when WS has a valid point she has to be wrong. It IS a valid point that too many rapes go unreported, and if she wants to start a thread about that fine; but why throw skin color into the equation? Why reference things from 150 years ago as if some black woman today after being raped thinks "oh lawdy lawdy I besta not report mastah or i gets a whuppin."

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

Because in the manner she would like to address things, it makes for better victims. It's impossible in her little world for ALL to be victims.

[fj1200]

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

You'd probably lose that bet:

Through the filmmaking process, she discovered that racism played a significant role in survivors’ reactions to rape. “There was a level of trust with perpetrators because (as in the majority of all rape cases, regardless of race/ethnicity), the women I interviewed were raped by acquaintances. They would ask, ‘How do I come forward?’ because they were advocating against racism in their communities and didn’t want to send another Black man to jail. We are trained as women not to betray the Black race.”

But the question remains as to how internal "black" issues can ever be solved if racism is always used as an obstacle to solving the problem?

[Wind Song]

Slaves were not considered, "persons" under the law and were unprotected from sexual assault.

[fj1200]

Slaves were not considered, "persons" under the law and were unprotected from sexual assault.

Because they were property.

[jimnyc]

Slaves were not considered, "persons" under the law and were unprotected from sexual assault.

But were they raped via sonograms in Texas, or by "persons"?

[Wind Song]

We're not on speaking terms Jim.

[tailfins]

Who is responsible for getting black rape victims to report it?

The "No Snitch" advocates.