Negative Effects Of Being A Black Woman

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black woman is the same just because you have probably had a bad experience with a black women does not mean all of us are mean or rude. From asking some black women and girls in my life about how they feel being a black woman in this day and age eighty percent said they are proud of being a black woman and actually feel it makes them stronger and they know that their black is beautiful. The others had mixed feelings especially the mixed ones,they felt it kind of makes their lives harder and they feel that they are treated differently than their coworkers,and classmates. We also bashed by our own men who say they don’t mess with black women because of their attitudes and dispositions,which is kind of applicable to them as well. Instead of bashing

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