Forgotten: Missing BIPOC Women and Girls e-bog
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In 2020, 100,000 of the quarter million women and girls who went missing in the U.S. were black, brown, or indigenous. Black women and girls make up just 13 percent of the female population in the country but accounted for fully 35 percent of all missing women in 2020. This crisis is dire in indigenous communities. According to researchers, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women in the...
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1386,89 DKK
Forlag
SNOVA
Udgivet
6 oktober 2022
Længde
266 sider
Genrer
JF
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9798886973266
In 2020, 100,000 of the quarter million women and girls who went missing in the U.S. were black, brown, or indigenous. Black women and girls make up just 13 percent of the female population in the country but accounted for fully 35 percent of all missing women in 2020. This crisis is dire in indigenous communities. According to researchers, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women in the U.S. experience higher rates of violence than most other women, and tribal and federal officials have stated that this incidence of violence constitutes a crisis. The neglect shown by the media toward cases involving missing and murdered women of color is a primary reason that this epidemic remains obscure to the public.