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Why are so many Black women dying at the hands of their partners?
Black women are two and a half times more likely to be murdered by men than white women are. This is a public health crisis In April alone, at least half a dozen Black women were allegedly killed by their partners, including the high-profile cases of Cerina Fairfax , estranged wife of the former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, and Nancy Metayer Bowen , vice-mayor of Coral Springs, Florida. Shaneiqua Elkins survived a shooting by her husband, Shamar Elkins, that wounded her and kill…
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