Double consciousness

The struggle of being black and a woman
When Black women left Africa, they never completely had control over their own body until emancipation and still then were swallowed up by domestic volience and white bosses. So, when African American put up walls and hold their standards high does it mean they are protectors of themselves and their families or are they are just bitter... YOU CHOOSE?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/447467/still_i_rise_the_africanamerican_woman.html?cat=37