{"id":573,"date":"2012-11-02T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/?p=573"},"modified":"2012-11-01T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T22:08:19","slug":"the-war-on-black-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/2012\/11\/the-war-on-black-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The War on Black Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Higher Heights for America<\/a>, an organization working \u201cto expand and support Black women\u2019s leadership pipeline at all levels and strengthen their civic participation,\u201d has published a new report<\/a>, \u201cBlack Women\u2019s Response to the War on Women.\u201d \u00a0Lest anyone think that the war on women isn\u2019t real, is only about reproductive rights, or is only about white women, this report provides crucial context and data.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the abstract:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the sixteen months between the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to uphold these provisions, anti-choice legislators waged a war on women, seeking to roll back women\u2019s rights. This is especially important for Black women who are overwhelmingly impacted by the proposed policies and whose voices are routinely drowned out of the discussion<\/strong>. In this critical election cycle, Higher Heights for America seeks to insert Black women\u2019s perspective into the national narrative on the \u201cWar on Women\u201d. This report provides a snapshot of the country\u2019s nearly 22 million Black women, exploring their alarming health and socio-economic status as well as their growing political and economic influence<\/strong>, and offers suggestions on how to increase the involvement of these women in the policy debates that most impact their quality of life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We shouldn\u2019t have to \u201cinsert black women\u2019s perspective into the national narrative\u201d \u2026 we should always and at every moment be aware of the complexity of the very concept of \u201cwoman.\u201d \u00a0And yet, it must be done. \u00a0 Because of what isn\u2019t being done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe report addresses a wide array of topics, and notes in its summary other areas worthy of consideration:\u201dThe \u201cWar on Women\u201d is particularly harmful to Black women. In addition to attacks on Black women\u2019s health care, economic, and voting rights<\/strong>, there are also considerable attacks that were not referenced in this paper but include fundamental protections in the Violence Against Women Act<\/strong>, access to affordable higher education, Social Security and Medicare<\/strong> \u2013 all of which have a disproportionate effect on Black women. Legislators consistently add Black women only as an afterthought in policy discussions. They help ensure then, that Black women are located at the bottom of the\u00a0hierarchy, discouraging any level of civic engagement, eliminating their role in determining factors impacting their own lives, and endangering an entire portion of the electorate by drowning their right to be heard.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go. \u00a0Read it. \u00a0Now.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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