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Should We Believe That Black Women Will Get Cancer From Dyes and Relaxers?
The viral fare that dominated this polluted decade was centered around the false narrative of how Black women are the least likely to attract a worthy husband, compared to their more appealing non-White counterparts, who seem to have no issue in that department.
Thankfully the demand for those packaged lies dwindled enough to dissuade lazy editors from the annual circulation.
But that hasn’t halted the continued practice of ceremoniously attacking the already fragile disposition of Black women with the composition of frightening statistics that are accompanied by the steadfast gloomy forecast.
There’s’ no doubt that we are particularly vulnerable to specific threats that are beyond our control, as members of a tribe that still fights for the right to be afforded basic privileges that can be a matter of life and death.
It’s true that we are at major disadvantage when it comes to access to premium outlets of healthcare, overseen by respectful and unbiased medical professionals, who don’t rely on damaging stereotypes about the uncanny threshold for pain or the criminality around the disposability of our unborn and existing Black children.
We are also greeted with cruel reminders of how our thriving elite still can’t…