1. Victimization of Young African-American Girls Chinasa SSU
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2. What is the Victimization?
Victimization is the act of singling someone out for cruel and unjust treatment.
Victimization may include the following like rape, robbery,aggravated assault, and simple assault.
Minority groups like Latinos and African Americans have a higher chance of being victimized than whites do.
Reason being, many minorities live with a single parent in a low income area with a higher rate of violence.

3. African American Girls and Victimization
Victimization on young African American girls in disadvantaged communities tend to be a huge problem. African American girls seem to be victimized at an alarming rate then other young girls.
Many of these causes include:
Drug dealing
Street Gangs
Sex trafficking

4. Examples of Victimization of Young African American Girls
As stated in the last slide some of those factors include: Drug dealing,Street gangs and sex trafficking. Another factor that includes victimization is sexual harassment of girls at school. Many African American girls experiences being grabbed or touched in ways that make them feel uncomfortable. Most of the times when they report it, the school staff doesn’t take it seriously or is blinded to the matter.

5. Sexual Victimization of Young African American Girls
Sexual victimization is the number one cause of victimization among African American girls in my opinion. Reason being is:
Girls ages 16 or younger will experiences some kind of sexual coercion or sexual assault in their neighborhoods.
Many young men who do these kind of acts do not consider it as sexual assault just as persuasion.
In this audio interview about African American girls in sex trafficking Michael Cory Davis is a actor and a filmmaker who tries to make the African American Community more aware of sex trafficking in their neighborhoods.
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6. What We Can Do To Try And Stop Victimization of Black Girls?
Make our communities a safer place for young girls to feel comfortable.
Talking with young men about sexual assault. What it means to say yes and what it means to say no.
Better counselors for schools and colleges who will actually help young girls.
Teach young girls how to prevent being victimized in certain situations.

7. References
Walker, Samuel, Cassia Spohn, and Miriam DeLone. The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America. Boston MA: Cengage Learning, Pg
Davis, Michael Cory. "SHOCKING! Filmmaker Tells Of Young African-American Girls Victimized By Sex Trafficking. Pleads For Black Community To Help Stop!" AM 1310: The Light. AMOS PODCAST, 13 Aug Web. 21 Apr