Sexual exploitation of black women continued and was institutionalized after slavery.

Evidence

Like Susan Brownmiller, most people tend to see devaluation of black womanhood as occurring only in the context of slavery. In actuality, sexual exploitation of black women continued long after slavery ended and was institutionalized by other oppressive practices. Devaluation of black womanhood after slavery ended was a conscious, deliberate effort on the part of whites to sabotage mounting black female self-confidence and self-respect. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 189

Categorization

• XREF: Directly corrects the Brownmiller-influenced view that devaluation ended with slavery, building on hooks’s overarching argument that Black women faced continued subordination. — connects to: Black life persists under conditions of ongoing premature death after slavery — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 465; Breeding black women slaves became economically key once importation was restricted. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 50; Rape of enslaved black women devalued black womanhood beyond slavery’s end. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 166 (+4 more)

Related

• Rape of enslaved black women devalued black womanhood beyond slavery’s end. (similarity 0.91)
• Devaluation of black womanhood licensed exploitation and prostitution (similarity 0.91)
• Sexual exploitation dehumanized black women more than labor exploitation did (similarity 0.87)
• Devaluation of black women was a deliberate method of social control (similarity 0.86)
• Sexism and racism were twin oppressive forces in black women’s slave experience (similarity 0.86)
• Black women’s exploitation is better described as masculinization than black men’s de-masculinization. (similarity 0.86)
• Calling enslaved Black women prostitutes misdescribed their coerced sexual exploitation (similarity 0.84)
• Understanding black women’s status requires analyzing race and sex together (similarity 0.84)
• Labeling black women as sexual savages enabled their rapes by denying their humanity. (similarity 0.84)
• Enslaved black men held higher status than black women under slavery (similarity 0.84)
• Rape of black women was ignored because they were seen as sexually permissive (similarity 0.84)
• Sexism made the black female slave’s lot harsher than the male’s (similarity 0.84)
• The cult of true womanhood demoralized enslaved women and enabled manipulation (similarity 0.83)
• Historians have normalized and minimized the rape of enslaved black women. (similarity 0.83)
• Black women under slavery were doubly enslaved by race and sex (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Devaluation of black womanhood licensed exploitation and prostitution #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 195
• Nineteenth-century black women endured double enslavement by race and sex #expands (0.65)
• Calling enslaved Black women prostitutes misdescribed their coerced sexual exploitation #corroborates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 99
• Sexual exploitation dehumanized black women more than labor exploitation did #complicates (0.50)