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Strong Black Woman Narrative

 The superwoman schema includes five elements: feeling an obligation to present an image of strength, feeling an obligation to suppress emotions, resistance to being vulnerable, a drive to succeed despite limited resources, and feeling an obligation to help others. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_the_strong_black_woman_identity_both_helps_and_hurts

 As a result of her intersecting identities— as a woman, a Black person, and an individual who identifies as a SBW— a SBW independently assumes a multiplicity of responsibilities and roles, chief among them are provider and caretaker. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510490/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/we-must-educate-doctors-about-black-womensexperience-says-expert#1 https://www.bu.edu/womensguild/2022/02/07/the-strong-black-woman-dr-yvette-cozier/ https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=communication_theses 

Suicide and Black Women’s Mental Health https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-021-01198-y https://time.com/6046773/black-teenage-girls-suicide/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34984654/ 

Across the board, suicide rates among young Americans have risen; from 2007 to 2018, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose by 57%, and the increase was particularly significant among young girls, contributing to a narrowing of the persistent suicide gender gap. Rates plateaued from 2018 to 2019—the most recent year with available federal data—but they stood far higher than those of decades past.  In 2019, suicide was the second leading cause of death for blacks or African Americans, ages 15 to 24.1  The death rate from suicide for black or African American men was four times greater than for African American women, in 2018. 

https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/reasons-suicide-is-on-the-rise-in-theblack-community-according-to-a-psychiatrist/ 

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