I am speaking from experience. I have done the work, participated on public forums, in churches as well, on Black women and abuse. On the whole, Black people have never had therapy for what we've endured. We've turned to religion, and that only exacerbates the condition because those beliefs are not our birthright.
So Black women trying to fit into a white male supremacist society, are left to compete with White women, White men, and Black men. Intersectionality speaks to the competition between Black men and women, as we men do live with more privilege than they do.
So the sisters are raised in a system that tells them that they mean nothing, and then should not have expectations, other than to get lucky through some man who is kind enough to feel sorry for her. They do well, get degreed, and they are called uppity by men who are not as successful They stay home, wait, go to church, and they are called to prim and prissy. They free themselves sexually, and they are called freaks, hookers, loose women, and not trustworthy.
None of this is right, and the only people that can change this perception? Are Black women, those who'll stop giving a damn as to how anyone thinks about them.
I will be right there giving them a standing ovation when they do it.