Silent Cries: Black Women and State-Sponsored Violence, 2019
Williams, Ja'nae A.
2010-2019
The intention of this study is to contribute to research on Black women and to bring awareness to Black women's experiences, as they navigate social institutions. This study examines the perception of the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women. Researchers measured respondent's perceptions/attitudes regarding intersectionality and their awareness of people who had been victimized by police violence. The quantitative study is comprised of statements regarding patriarchy and/or sexism and statements concerning racism and/or the lack thereof. The data analysis indicates that respondents' awareness and sensitivity to racism along with their perception of sexism and patriarchy is associated with their awareness of police victims. The researcher's findings found that the intersectionality of race and gender impacts their awareness of police violence against Black women. KEYWORDS: Gender and Sexuality, Inequality and Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance, Social Work, Sociology
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2019-05-20
thesis
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Clark Atlanta University
Social Work
Kim, Youseung Walker-Cash, Erika Warrener, Corinne
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2019_williams_janae_a