Black Femicide and Intimate Partner Violence: A History

In recent years, 53% of the women killed in this country have been black. This video was very tough to write and work on, but I’m glad it’s finally complete. Let’s address the history of black women and intimate partner violence by examining the structural, cultural, and situational layers that make the problem so widespread. [Black femicide, killing black women, celebrities, domestic violence, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Abuse, Chicago, Philly, Tory Lanez, Meg Thee Stallion, Violence, Misogyny, slavery, welfare, Tina Turner, Ike Turner, DaBaby, Stray Bullets, reproductive coercion]

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0:00- 1st IPV Experience
1:12- IPV Disclaimer
3:29- Hard Statistics
4:53- Setting The Tone To Harm Black Women
6:12- Misogynoir During Slavery
6:50- Misogynoir During Late 19th Century
8:31- Domestic Violence in Early 20th Century Chicago
11:50- Structural, Cultural, and Situational Layers of IPV
22:02- I have smoke for literally everyone
25:43- Intimate Partner Violence in the Modern Era
27:43- The Battered Womens Movement and the Violence Against Women Act
31:56- Changes in IPV Studies c. 2000
34:44- Punishing Women Who Fight Back
35:48- Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
38:01- What has changed since the 1980s?
38:43- Intimate Partner Violence and The Black Celebrity

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