▁individual ity ▁are ▁inter w oven ▁and ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁acknowled ged ▁together . ▁ ▁Harris - Per ry ▁remarks ▁on ▁how ▁this ▁affect s ▁their ▁sense ▁of ▁citizens hip ▁by ▁explaining ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁especially ▁true ▁when ▁a ▁Black ▁woman ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁political ▁sphere , ▁she ▁becomes ▁an ▁extension ▁of ▁the ▁ide ologies ▁of ▁her ▁race . ▁Further , ▁her ▁personal ▁dec isions ▁and ▁ide ologies ▁reflect ▁and ▁become ▁ent ang led ▁with ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁the ▁African ▁American ▁community ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁that ▁Harris - Per ry ▁gives , ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁female ▁civil ▁rights ▁activ ists , ▁who ▁would ▁commonly ▁don ▁a ▁“ mask ” ▁of ▁a sex ual ity ▁to ▁both ▁be ▁taken ▁seriously ▁and ▁not ▁promote ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁le wd ness . ▁▁ ▁She ▁further ▁exp ands ▁on ▁the ▁st ig mat ized ▁hyper - sex ual ity ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁female ▁and ▁the ▁effects ▁it ▁has ▁on ▁Black ▁women , ▁by ▁showing ▁cases ▁of ▁young ▁Black ▁women ▁being ▁sex ually ▁har ass ed ▁or ▁viol ated ▁and ▁then ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁acts ▁committed ▁against ▁them .< ▁Cla im ing ▁that ▁even ▁many ▁Black ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁bl ame ▁the ▁victim ▁for ▁perpet u ating ▁s tere ot ypes ▁of ▁le wd ness ▁and ▁reck less ▁behavior ▁by ▁African ▁American ▁women .< ▁According ▁to ▁Harris - Per ry , ▁this ▁causes ▁many ▁women ▁to ▁suffer ▁sil ently ▁after ▁sexual ▁mis con duct ▁against ▁them ▁as ▁a ▁way