Open Letter from CA Black Women’s Collective – Stop to Victim Blaming of Black Women
October 6, 2022
The California Black Women’s Collective, Black Women Organized for Political Action, Los Angeles African American Women’s Political Action Committee, and allies stand up for Congressmember Karen Bass and all Black women. Black women are more likely to be victims of crimes than our female counterparts, according to The Status of Black Women in the United States report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. According to the report, Black women disproportionately experience violence at home, at school, on the job, and in their neighborhoods. Black women face high rates of intimate partner violence, rape, and homicide. In California, more
