This is why I’m always mad…

unbought-and-unbossed:

• Black women in Pittsburgh have the lowest life expectancy rate in the United States, comparable to the life expectancy of women in developing countries
•  Black women are the most likely to be murdered out of all women
• Black trans women are 50% more likely to be murdered than white trans women
• 40% of Black girls do not complete high school; 
• Black women in Pittsburgh have, on average, a net worth of $5.00 
• Black women are evicted at rates mirroring the incarceration of Black men; to name a few violently disproportionate statistics. 

Research conducted by New Voices Pittsburgh. Statistics taken from Navigating a ‘Crooked Room’: Reflections From Black Women on Their Experiences in Progressive Spaces by Jasmine Burnett, National Black Network for Reproductive Justice

http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/02/25/navigating-crooked-room-reflections-black-women-experiences-progressive-spaces/