Black women are expected to show love in ways that are killing us. Yet we see so many examples of ride-or-die women in television, in music and even in real life public relationships. The concept of being a ride-or-die is just internalized misogynoir ― misogyny directed toward black women ― by another name. This internalization creeps in slowly, but holds on tightly and its hold is dangerous and deadly for black women. Studies show that black women are four times more likely than white women to be killed by domestic violence.

Source: Huffington Post April 29, 2018 15:33 UTC