On AlterNet: black women

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "black women"

Why the New Breast Cancer Guidelines Are Racist

Devona Walker, The Loop. November 23, 2009.
Black women get breast cancer at younger ages, but the new breast-cancer guidelines entirely ignore that fact. This is the very definition of institutionalized racism.

What Black Women's Votes Mean for the Presidential Race

Elizabeth G. Hines, Women's Media Center. January 26, 2008.
This year, South Carolina has made black women matter. It has made us real.

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