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4 Ways ‘Strong Black Woman Syndrome’ Keeps Us Poor
By Kara Stevens — 2019
The Strong Black Women Syndrome demands that Black women never buckle, never feel vulnerable and, most important, never, ever put their own needs above anyone else’s—not their children’s, not their community’s, not the people for whom they work—no matter how detrimental it is to their well-being.
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