Challenge for Black woman

In today’s society where magazines air brush the photos of black women making them appear one shade or even two to three shades lighter than their original color, where walking on the street could get judgments passed because of darker skin color it is hard to have the self-esteem to progress with the prejudices surrounding the black women.

The shooting of blacks is, sadly, a norm in the United States, this phenomena not only includes black men, but also African American women where the Chicago Sun Times reports the horrendous incident of the shooting of an African American woman of 22 namely Rekia Boyd by an off-duty officer.

The prejudice against the blacks has had a long history, so it seems, though it still exists in the United States as of today. Such prejudices give birth to obstructions being faced by the blacks to climb the ladder of success. During the Great Recession the black women were hit hard, but it did not end and exceeded where the unemployment rate went on from 8.2 percent to 9.2 percent.

Black women do not possess the wealth to transfer to their younger generations and SacObserver suggests that they reply on the Social Security benefits after retiring as their only income. Once again the society blames the black women, but the obstruction has no limit that is being faced by the black community.

It so happens that the poverty stricken black community earns only so much that can guarantee only survival by fulfilling the bare necessities where they do not have enough money to start businesses or utilize the savings in real estate or stock exchange.  

 SacObserver conducted a Census Population Survey in 2013 where it was found:

·         Black women with master’s degree earn slightly less than black men with a Bachelor’s degree

·         Black women earn slightly less than the White men, Asians and Latinos with associates or post-secondary degrees.

So the SacObserver concluded that the wage gap persists and even the education cannot solve it.

If the bad news is that the poverty stricken black women have less means to survive the good news is that the black women in rural areas are less likely to be depressed.  According to US National Survey of American African Life Style:

·         Non-Hispanic white women – with 21.3% - had a higher lifetime prevalence of major depression.

·         The African American women only had 10.1%

·         Even if the white women lived in rural areas they would still have higher prevalence of major depression than the black women.

This could suggest the high tolerance black women have to the societal obstructions they face and have been facing since decades as compared to the white women.

A program has been initiated by Radio One which will empower the black women to utilize their finances in a clever way. According to Vice President, Corporate Communications, Radio One, Inc. Yashima White AziLove, “I’m excited to be the One VIP Card ambassador and have the opportunity to empower black women to better manage their finances and establish healthy fiscal management practices for their children through the use of card.”

Such programs are much needed for the empowerment of black women as this would not only assist in the dilemma of poor money savings, but also the empowerment is necessary for the betterment of the black community.

Resource: Flyabs.com