HUMAN TRAFFICKING40% of sex trafficking victims were identified as Black women. According to the FBI, 57.5% of all juvenile prostitution arrests are Black children. |
PHYSICAL VIOLENCEMore than four in ten Black women experience physical violence from an intimate partner during their lifetimes. White women, Latinas, and Asian/Pacific Islander women report lower rates. |
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSEBlack women also experience significantly higher rates of psychological abuse—including humiliation, insults, name-calling, and coercive control—than do women overall. |
SEXUAL VIOLENCESexual violence affects Black women at high rates. More than 20 percent of Black women are raped during their lifetimes—a higher share than among women overall. |
HOMICIDE
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MISSING PERSONNEARLY 40 PERCENT OF MISSING PERSONS ARE PERSONS OF COLOR, YET, AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAKE UP ONLY 13 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. |
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