What kind of society forces
A MOTHER to choose between
staying in harm’s way or
being punished for leaving? |
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Why is it that when Black mothers walk away from violence, they’re met with silence, stigma, and scarcity? What do we make of a system that sees our survival as optional and our suffering as deserved? Why do we keep calling it “poverty” when it’s a form of violence? What might it mean to love Black single mothers beyond these conditions? |
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We just published A NEW ESSAY on our website titled Loving Beyond Violence and Poverty and we hope you'll sit with it. |
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Written by Chimene Jackson and shared through Loving Black Single Mothers, this piece traces the brutal, often invisible crossroads so many Black single mothers are forced to navigate: To stay in a violent home or to flee into poverty. It’s a choice no one should have to make, and yet it’s one our systems continue to force. This essay is not just a reflection. It’s a deep dive into how capitalism, racism, and patriarchy intersect to isolate Black single mothers, erase our complexity, and punish our existence. And it’s a call to all of us to imagine something better. A world in which support, care, and protection are the norm, not the exception. A world where survival doesn’t come at the cost of one’s wholeness. |
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Between Starshine and Clay, Kesha Bruce |
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If we are serious
about DISMANTLING
harmful systems, |
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we must BEGIN with
those made most vulnerable
by them. |
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This essay shows us why the path to liberation, for all of us, begins with Black single mothers. |
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