“The mythology of black women as promiscuous was important to maintaining the profitable exploitation of slave society. In freedom, it remained important as a means of racial and gender control.”
― Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
― Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
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