Why the Jezebel Myth is a Tragic Legacy of Slavery That Lingers Today
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 4 March 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Black women continuously face the stereotype that they're hypersexual, crazed nymphomaniacs ruled by lust. "Jezebels" is the term commonly used against them.
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| 0:30.8 | White enslavers use the term Jezebel to justify sexual violence. |
| 0:36.5 | The Jezebel myth has since persisted reinforcing systemic oppression |
| 0:41.1 | against black women. This dangerous weapon of racism and sexism must be confronted, and here's |
| 0:47.9 | one way to challenge it. This is two-minute black history. What You Didn't Learn in School. |
| 0:59.0 | Black women continuously face the stereotypes that they are hypersexual, crazed nymphomaniacs ruled by lust. |
| 1:07.0 | Jezebel's is the term commonly used against them. |
| 1:12.4 | White enslavers created this lie to justify their rape of enslaved black women. |
| 1:18.6 | They dared to bring God into their reasoning as well. |
| 1:22.8 | Inslavers believe white women were virtuous in God's eyes and therefore worthy of protection. Black |
| 1:29.3 | women were painted as the exact opposite, sexual deviance worthy of violence. After emancipation, |
| 1:37.2 | many black people bought into white respectability politics. Black women in particular were |
| 1:43.5 | impacted by this survival mode reaction |
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