MISOGYNOIR + SOCIETY

Why Society Selfishly Continues To Bar Black Women From Victimhood

Why misogynoir and comedy are ingredients needed to brew hatred towards Black women

4 min readMar 13

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Society loves to mask misogynoir as comedy, and when said “comedy” is called out by Black women, they say we are “too sensitive” because strength is the…

Petiri Ira

Written by Petiri Ira

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