Being a black woman in America has a lot of disadvantages. With America being built on the backs of racism, minority groups have been battling hardships and struggles for centuries. Black people have been manipulated and overlooked by white supremacies since the beginning. Black people are constantly being faced with racism, prejudice, discrimination, and so on. Black people are forced to live in the worst communities that are invested with drugs, gang activities, mass incarcerations, poor schooling systems, low health care, low healthy food options, and so on. Due to all these negative aspects in the lives of black people, families are forced to stay and repeat the same cycle. Being a black woman in society is deemed almost as a punishment. Not only am I black but I’m also a woman, the less superior gender in a society that is ruled by white male supremacies.

As a young black woman, I have faced countless racism in my short lifespan. My friends and I have been kicked out of stores and restaurants simply for being black. I have faced multiple microaggressions from teachers and peers in schools. I have experienced white people start snickering or suddenly grab their purses closer to them the second my friends and I walk into the room. Black women are constantly looked down upon and have to fight stereotypes, microaggressions, and prejudice on a daily.