However, its significance has been trivialized by much of the American population, even by black men. There is no lower position on the socio-economic totem pole than that of being both black and female. Racism and sexism individually are enough to drive anyone crazy. Having them both attack you at all times can be devastating. However, it appears that the immense psychological pressure that black women face from the time they are born clearly results in their being the most spiritually, mentally and emotionally powerful group of people our nation has ever seen.
Most black families stay together because of the strength of a black woman in the household.
Her spirit tends to guide, warm and strengthen the family, similar to some sort of electrical power source that continues to burn, even on the coldest nights. I have always been amazed by the strength of black women. Everything I am or will become is owed to the black women in my life, particularly my mother and grandmother. My father left my mother the day he found out she was pregnant. She was only 17, and we lived together in the projects.