SociologyHistoryPsychology

Z. Henriques

1996.2.2Women & Criminal Justice

DOI: 10.1300/j012v07n01_04

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African-American women face racial oppression, sex discrimination, and class stratification, highlighting the need to recognize differences within the group.

Abstract

This article argues that African-American women are not a homogeneous group. An attempt to categorize them will therefore establish that there are differences within the group as well as between African-Americans women and other groups of women. African-American women continue to be victims of racial oppression, sex discrimination and class stratification. Historical and contemporary forces which shape the lives of African-American women will be identified.

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HENRIQUES, Z. African-american women:. Women & Criminal Justice, 1996, 7: 67–80.