A handful of Black women sat down to talk to the New York Times about what it's like to be a Black woman in America. The women recount their experiences with racism and sexism in heartbreaking detail.
YouTuber Akilah cleverly highlighted the necessity of inclusive dialogue about women's issues with an analogy involving pizza and burgers.
"When we create movements, sites or spaces or choose to have these discussions, we're pursuing a project to throw off centuries of baggage that have been heaped on our shoulders. We are reclaiming and refashioning our identities in our own terms. We have to do this work because we are living in a society that tells us we are not enough. That we should be silent and ashamed. It's just not in our best interest of black women to pat the well-intentioned on the back and pretend like all of our issues are the same."
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