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African-American women experience intimate partner violence at rates 35% higher than their White counterparts and 2.5 times the rate of men and other races
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African Americans account for a disproportionate number of intimate partner homicides. In 2005, African American accounted for almost 1/3 of the intimate partner homicides in this country
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Domestic violence affects all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status. However, this threat has disproportionately dire consequences for African-American women.

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