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Beyond Chris Brown and Rihanna

Submitted by Rahsheen from YouTube

Sep 16, 2009

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A conversation with Elizabeth Mendez Berry, who wrote the well-known Vibe magazine feature "Love Hurts" about domestic violence within (and without) hip-hop:
http://www.thefreeradical.ca/Love_Hurts_VIBE.pdf

UPDATE: Elizabeth wrote to clarify that she misspoke at the end when she said it's the leading cause for all women 15-45, and she sent over more info about where she got the statistics referenced in the video, see below.

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"Intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death for
African-American women ages 15 to 45 and the seventh leading cause of premature death for U.S. women overall." SOURCE: National Institute of Justice (division of the Bureau of Justice), http:// www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000250e.pdf

MORE INFO:

Intimate partner deaths have decreased most dramatically among black men. From 1976-1985, black men were more likely than black women to be a victim of domestic homicide; by 2005, black women were three times more likely than a black male to be murdered by their partners. SOURCE: Bureau of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homi ...Read the full article

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