Opinion: Domestic violence can’t always be seen by the naked eye

Cameron Adams Sports Editor

According to the Centers for Disease Control, domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power over another intimate partner.

Domestic violence is a disturbingly common issue within the Black community.

As a black man from Jackson, Miss., I am aware of the financial barriers created to keep my people in negative statistics. Statistics that hold black women as the highest percentage of domestic violence victims. At Coburn Place, a well known domestic violence program, 65 percent of their clients in 2020 identified as black and female. This is true at many domestic violence service organizations nationwide in my opinion.

The film brings forth the knowledge that Africans also played a pivotal role in helping the slave traders.

It mentioned several things that divided them as a people. Such as selling their own people for fortune and having them fight and even killing one another.

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And what is the cause of this issue?

I believe it is the lack of resources offered to black people. Jackson is a prime example of a majority black population not receiving the proper funds to maintain a safe environment.

Not feeling safe on the streets of Jackson is highly understandable, but feeling threatened in your own home is something no one should experience.

Domestic violence is one of the worst types of abuse, because it happens behind closed doors. The victim is left at home with the attacker, which means that there is truly no escape unless they reach out for help.

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