You Shouldn't Ask A Question When You Might Not Like The Answer...

As the discussions around gender violence continue, a story about a young Black woman has resurfaced.

Blessing Olusegun’s body was found last September on Bexhill seafront.Blessing was a 21-year-old from south London who worked in Sussex caring for elderly patients. Just one week into her placement, she was reported as missing and later found dead in Bexhill-on-Sea. Her death was “inconclusive” (Ed: I think she means 'cause of death', she's pretty conclusively dead!) and the postmortem examination found no external or internal injuries on her body.

Now people are starting to ask for more answers.

Like...what? That she was murdered by those cunning white supremacists that supposedly infest this green and pleasant land?  

Would Blessing’s death have garnered more attention if she was a white woman?

Ah. Right. Well, maybe, maybe not. 

Sarah Everard, of course, was murdered. And allegedly by a serving policeman. That would make her story newsworthy no matter what colour she was. 

How can people be concerned with Black women’s welfare if we aren’t included in gender violence conversations?

I'll include you, happily. But given you mostly meet your deaths and injuries at the hands of your own race, you might not like how that conversation develops...