I am a psychologist who works in the field of sexual violence. In my work with both juveniles who have caused sexual harm and those who have been victims of such (note: these are not always mutually exclusive), I have been on the frontlines of addressing sexual abuse, including the beliefs and practices that keep it going. As a black psychologist who also centers Black folx in my work, I have been in spaces where Black communal beliefs about sex, who can be victimized, who ca

Over the weekend, there was a tennis match-up between the future of Women’s Tennis that involved two Black Women (Naomi Osaka-Haitian/Japanese and Cori “Coco” Gauff-African-American). The hype of the match-up was only secondary to that of its aftermath. In the 21 year-old Naomi’s defeat of the 16 year-old Coco, Naomi hugged the understandably crushed younger woman, offering her words of encouragement, praise for her performance, and sharing the mic. This was “black girl magi