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Effects Of Gender Discrimination On African American Women

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African American women experiences are different greatly from African American men experiences due to gender discrimination, not necessarily only racial discrimination. They had to work same jobs what African American men do plus on top of that, they had to work in homes (domestically), and they are not be offered more foods or resources that they needed. Indeed, women had to live in a constant fear that they will likely get a physical beating and torturing from owners than men. They also were under constant threat of rape by white men. They were victims of much coercion and violence, including continual rape by white overseers and slaveholders causing so-called racial

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