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