While I understand and most certainly sympathize with your situation and that of your community, here is something for you to consider.
Black woman have carried the burden of oppression on our backs since the inception of this country.
My ancestors were beaten, raped, stripped of their language, culture, had their babies ripped from their arms only to be given the children of their enslavers to feed, nurture, and raise. You cannot imagine the psychological damage that created that has been passed down through generations.
As women, we are at the bottom of the food chain and as BLACK women, we are lower than any other women in the country, including Jewish women.
We are the most underrepresented and disrespected women in America. When we go missing, no one cares. When we are beaten and raped, it doesn’t make headlines.
We are on the frontlines fighting to save our children from white supremacy and police brutality. We are fighting to make sure our history is represented and taught in classrooms. We are fighting to have a voice and the same opportunities as our white counterparts. We are fighting for equity on EVERY LEVEL. And we are TIRED.
Most of all we are tired of everyone expecting US to save them when NO ONE is standing up to SAVE OR PROTECT US.
There is a misconception about Black women that we are stronger than other women and can take more pain or work than others. That comes directly from white supremacy and our enslavement in this country.
The fact that you would suggest that it is Black women’s responsibility to help the Jewish community, a community that is much more financially stable and supported than our OWN, suggests that you need to do your research on Black women in America from 1619 to the present so that you can understand how disrespectful and ludicrous such a suggestion would be.
My hope is that you are a young person who perhaps doesn’t know any better to say such a thing. But if you are a fully grown adult, I literally weep for the continued disregard for the plight and lack of protection for Black women in America.
