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sheshe2

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5. It's sad...
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:36 PM
Feb 2015
Racism is a national disaster in this country. It robs us of brilliance, ingenuity and progress. And in a country where policymakers at the highest levels neglect black girls in favor of offering support to their male peers, we continue to undermine the progress of the entire community.

Mentoring black boys doesn’t help black girls raise children alone or try to attend school while pregnant. Focusing only on black boys doesn’t keep black women from being the group with the fastest-growing rates of imprisonment or highest HIV infections. It doesn’t stop the gender bias that disproportionately burdens girls with family and childcare responsibilities at home. “Trickle-down” community building that delivers support to only men and boys doesn’t help black women and girls any better than trickle-down economics helps the poor. And prioritizing black men and boys over black women and girls is simply about putting men first and women last.


Women and girls are always left behind. I truly wish the President would address this as well, brer cat.

Thank you for your post.

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