Black women are taught from birth that we are responsible for any attention our bodies attract. Instead of teaching girls to love and delight in their bodies, they learn to hide them because they will be shamed or assaulted. Watch Kimberly Foster explain that the revolution begins by shifting the paradigms for Black women and girls.
Melissa Harris-Perry took Robert R. Jennings to task for his dangerous comments on sexual assaultthat surfaced on the Internet last week. Jennings issued a half-hearted apology wherein her emphasized the need for "personal responsibility" on his campus.