It appears to have nearly been forgotten a Woman of color by the name of, Tarana Burke, founded the #MeToo movement a decade ago. This is apparent due to the fact of who has been featured consistently in the media as "the face" of this movement, regardless of the fact Caucasian individuals account for roughly 17% of all sexual assaults as compared to the following statistics.
Albeit a smaller minority population, demographers have shown between 1 in 3 Indigenous female youths aged 25 and under have encountered sexual violence. This number also means Native American Girls are 2.5 times more likely to suffer sexual violence than any other ethnic group. 34.1% of sexual assaults upon Indigenous female youths reportedly occurred on campus. According to National Institute of Justice Native male youths 27.5 % have encountered rape. That which occurred on campus is currently unaccounted for. As reported by Human Rights Campaign 65% of Indigenous transgender have also suffered at the hands of sexual violence, such as the case in the documentation of the sexual assaults on Indigenous boys there is no said data. The reasoning …show more content…
That's roughly 40% to 60%. Specifically for sexually motivated violence of the aforesaid group of that number, 18.8% of sexual assaults which have taken place on campus according to End Rape On Campus. EROC also found 12% of African American young men students have also suffered sexual violence on campus. 53% transgender African Americans have faced sexual violence. Of those acts of violence on campus the numbers are unknown. There is often to this day a shame placed on African American survivors be they Girls or Boys by both those in the community and out. This has occurred due to the historical portrayal furthermore belief during the Atlantic Slave Trade. It was believed black Women are inherently "promiscuous" aka "fast" as where black Men were "Sexually aggressive and