And Still They Rise: Exploring the Complexity of Black Women in America
Black women have been the backdrop and blueprint of civil rights since the beginning of enslavement in America. Keeping the family together when men were sold off during slavery, leading the revolution to freedom, and building communities in the home, school, and church, while staying in the background continues to contribute to the African American women in the United States.
When Malcolm X said, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman,” he talked about how often Black women are forgotten and discarded. How, instead of being seen as human, they are created to be hypersexual archetypes such as Jezebels and or domesticated obedient characters like The Mammy, a motherly Black woman who dedicates herself to the White family she works for. In the 1980s and 1990s, Black women were called “Welfare Queens” and painted to be loud, aggressive, demanding, and rude. To understand what’s next for African American women in America, one can look at the past and present and study how the intersectionality of their role in the economy, education, faith, family, and politics all play a part in determining their future.
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” – Malcolm X
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