Black women

Black women is both a multi-faceted cultural identity and a powerful social construct with different meanings in different places. For some, it is those women born on the African continent; for others it includes the descendants of slaves brought from Africa to the United States. For others, it includes aboriginal women in Australia or Pakistanis in the United Kingdom. In all places, black women have been seen over the past three hundred years in stereotypical ways, resulting in increased risk for them. But, they have also been important leaders early in human history.

In most places, American black women are statistically at increased risk of death, poor health, poverty and incarceration.

According to the CDC (CDC), black women die at four times the rate of white women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the year immediately following childbirth. While poor black women are at greater risk, American black women are at greater risk than white women regardless of class. These factors are rooted in intersectional oppression.

Over the span of the short history of the United States of America, black women have made a lasting impact on the nation. The following women are some of the many prominent names one would find within discourse about black popular culture in the United States because of their accomplishments and voice in various fields across the nation:

Black women have produced some of the most important artistic and political leaders in history.

For instance, Queen Qalhata, and Candace of Meroe are important, early African queens. In the United States, Toni Morrison is the first black woman Nobel laureate. Shirley Chisholm was an important Democratic candidate for U.S. President in the 1970s. In Africa, President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson leads her country of Liberia in peace.

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