In light of the recent events in the news with the video going viral of NFL player Ray Rice knocking the crap out of his then fiancé, Janay Rice, (who months later became his wife) in an Atlantic City hotel, this incident sparked new conversations concerning Domestic Violence.
Nationally, nearly 10% of all homicides are committed by an intimate partner (spouse, boyfriend and/or girlfriend), according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting data from 2012. Of all the homicides known to be committed by an intimate partner, 80% of the victims are women.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and for most victims of domestic violence, there is no witness, no camera. For about half, there is no police report. So the extraordinary footage of the Ray Rice incident is shedding new light on a problem hidden behind so many closed doors, which is why Domestic Violence can be so easily masked behind pain.
Join me tonight at 8:00 PM on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via “Conversations Live” as I talk… masking the painful reality of Domestic Violence.
All “Conversations links” in this post make it possible to access tonight’s show online.
See you on the air!
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Not for nothing but the way Rice beat that chile, they should still be in counseling
Smh…..awesome show topic
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it’s whole lot of players that have domestic violence going on.
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Chile….good show topic Mz. Bell
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Goodell has CONSISTENTLY let niggas beat and rape hoes but ain’t nobody holding his ass accountable.
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Damn DV…….i have explosive anger disorder 😆
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Lord, be a mercy for Tracy’s topic tonight.
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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I don’t usually care what folks do in their personal lives… but when I can see with my own eyes you getting knocked the fuck out and you think it’s okay…. Fuck you, Fuck ya man ….you’re both pieces of shyt
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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Until the victim ends up dead. Don’t be ridiculous.
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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FOHWTBS!
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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That’s the problem
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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You sound like one of them chicks who like to get their a$$ thrashed SMDH 😡
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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No it ain’t…U probably getting your ass whooped erday right?
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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That’s why it continues.
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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Your comment alone is the reality that most women live in pain, hope you’re not one of them.?
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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spoken like someone being or who has been abused.
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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Not if the victim want help it’s NOT!
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Domestic Violence is unfortunately a private matter.
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WRONG!! It should never be a private matter. GET HELP!
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Ion too much care about Rice and his wife, cuss there are chicks getting stomped in the projects and trust they ain’t staying for the money. I’m tuning in.
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I’m going to hold my mule until after the show tonight.
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If some of these women like it then I LOVE it smh #carryon
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Any man that would hit a woman is a bytch nigga point blank period! No fuckin excuse!!!!!!
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any woman gettin her ass whooped on a regular is a victim
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Janay Rice didn’t/don’t see her situation as a Domestic Violence issue, she saw it as an attack in their relationship. Sad right?
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When SOME women are in abused relationships they don’t WANT “support”? Which is why SOME of them MASK IT!!! So fuck a trick who wants to stand by the abuser 😦
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Keke down the street, WON’T HEAR ME cause she wanna stay with her man, just like Janay is in the same boat and don’t wanna hear from the public.
But I will say keep it behind closed doors. LOSERS! Tuning in Tra 🙂
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Some women (like Janay) defend their abusers while the world is judging.
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Yeah @Tamala,
but for her to just chill and marry him months later like aint nothing happen and your lifeless body on that floor, is a disgrace!
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The way Ray beat that girlz ass she should have been dead. 😦
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The way Ray beat that girlz ass she should have been dead.
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Fa real
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The way Ray beat that girlz ass she should have been dead.
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Ya think? Yet she defended him.
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Good topic!
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Let’s not 4get Rihanna, her and Chris Brown’s abuse/fight was made very public as well.
I betchu we’d be surprised as what goes on behind closed doors.
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Rihanna
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Yes and she was/is NOT the only one.
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Rihanna
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Yes and she was/is NOT the only one.
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That’s right you have Evelyn Lozanda and Chad Johnson.
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That’s right you have Evelyn Lozanda and Chad Johnson.
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This is so true though! However Chad was a fame whore and it seemed like he became more focused on being on Basketball wives with Evelyn and their new show they had together. I think he got addicted to the fame and it all went down hill from there.
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Mittsey, Chad’s ass has been black balled, ain’t heard hair nor hide outta him since
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Meanwhile, Evelyn is laid up with her rich baseball player and their new baby like …happy as hell ! 😆
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For women like Evelyn and Janay, THIS is all about money
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Neisy,
They didnt blackball Andre Rison after he beat up Left Eye…
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Good Afternoon Beautiful People :hug:
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Hi Henrietta
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Hi Henry and Bobby 🙂
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Good afternoon Henrietta, Bobby and Neisy
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Hello again Ladies……..Happy “Conversations Of A Sistah” Wednesday to ya!
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Hey Everyone 🙂 Happy Hump Day!
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Hello Lady Luvs
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Howdy doody peoples
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Hello ladies again.
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hello again peeps
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Hey ladies 🙂
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Afternoon all.
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Hey Ceo Ladies n Gents tuning in!!!!!
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Hey Ceo followers. How’s everybody.???
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I see no one is trying to guess tonights closing song 🙂
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One thing is for sure in these abusive relationships, its not easy for most women to just walk away.
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Not for nothing but women don’t realize they could lose their lives behind being in a abusive relationship. Good show topic @Blog Queen and tuning in as usual. 🙂
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People accept the love they believe they deserve!!!
Tuning in.
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Kayla,
And they won’t/don’t believe they deserve better… until they leave. Or get the nerve to leave.
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Ladies, a victim should always be thankful that their men don’t kill and they get out alive.
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Shawnia,
A blow to the head like that, Janay lucky Ray didn’t kill her.
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Janay lucky Ray didn’t kill her
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He didn’t kill her but he damn sure gave her the ass whoopin of her life.
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I truly feel bad for abused women… 😦
Esp. the ones who don’t see it yet 😥
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Sometimes the best people to tell the stories are the ones that has been there and done that.
We all will answer for what we do… I believe in forgiveness. It is up to the woman to decide.
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I would not want to be in a violent relationship. I know my self-worth and what I deserve… and there are certain things I would never compromise.
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Y’all leave Mrs. Rice OUT this conversation, she turned this shit into Lemonade YO!
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Did Ray and Janay’s family and friends know they had a volatile relationship? Did they all know he was ‘mike Tyson-in’ her ass behind closed doors? I know if she was my Sistah and I saw that tape I could never forgive his ass. O_O
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Ray Rice is more trouble than he is/was worth.
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I pray Janay finds the strength to do what’s best for her, as all women and maybe, just maybe, this is a real wake-up call for Ray, and he’ll finally get the help he needs.
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These behaviours are not sudden actions… They are learnt behaviours that have manifested to the stages they are at now.
These things come from childhood… probably in the womb for some.
We all are not built the same or with the same materials. Be thankful for what you have and the lessons you have learnt. Its either harder or easiier for the next.
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As far as Rice, the NFL has also suspended him indefinitely…he’s likely done
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what exactly is domestic violence?
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what exactly is domestic violence?
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GTFOH…You seriously don’t know?
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what exactly is domestic violence?
No!
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GTFOH…You seriously don’t know?
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Not technically
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Well Lilly you do know it’s all about a woman getting her ass beat on a regular right?
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what exactly is domestic violence?
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I’m sure you’ll know after 2nights show.
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what exactly is domestic violence?
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Tune in for your answer sweetie.
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what exactly is domestic violence?
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WTF? Are U serious with this question????????? If so GURL be sure n be tuned in.
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Great topic…and TUNING IN ~ Domestic Violence is never acceptable.
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Yeah the whole Ray Rice fiasco has folks talking for days but his wife Janay is the real victim.
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Zenna I was just talking to U in the Ebola post. 😛
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Zenna I was just talking to U in the Ebola post.
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I was too and that nurse had no business traveling. The CDC should’ve grounded her.
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Too much going on in this blog 😛 but looking 4ward to tonight’s show.
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This is a very serious subject. I had a GF who was in a DV marriage. It was no walk on the beach I tell ya. looking 4ward to hearing Tra’s commentary on this.
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Ion know Trace maybe u should’ve stayed on the Ebola topic for awhile.
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Took eleven years, but I got there. Ha!
Thank you Tracy for having this conversation 😛 Luv me some Blog Queen.
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I am a domestic violence survivor
but with Gawd I made it through.
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I hope Trace know that men are victims of DV as well.
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Yes @Xmen, at times men are also victims.
sorry
However, Domestic Violence still impacts a much larger number of women
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Real men don’t hit women. PERIOD!!!! And it should be the same for all
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Real men don’t hit women
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CoSign
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A women is beaten every 15 seconds by her partner. Yes, some men, too…but women are the brunt of Domestic Violence.
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People seem to forget that Physical abuse often causes emotional/mental/spiritual abuse… bones heal… the inside never goes back to what it was.
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Physical abuse INVOLVES emotional & mental abuse. How can you disengage the emotional & mental manipulation from the black eye? or the busted lip? or broken bones? One is not more severe than the other…. Both have detrimental effects. ANY form of abuse is DAMAGING.
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Tuning in……I pray no one in the Ceo Fam is a victim
Just remember:::
You are not powerless
You are not hopeless
You are not trapped
You always have a choice
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Thank you for doing such a show topic Tracy. This post is so true. Tuning in to hear ur commentary on this.
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30 minutes. and she’s on!!!!
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I need somebody to que up Tra’s theme song. 😛 so I can start rocking
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Ionna Nicole usually be on point with that 🙂
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HO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love the song playin now. Isn’t that Chaka Kahn?
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Love the song playin now. Isn’t that Chaka Kahn?
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Yes!!
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Uma be listening in but this whole topic I ain’t wit.
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no one is exempt. da truth! good show.
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1-800-799-SAFE!! 😦
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National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE
Thanks Tracy 😛
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show ended 6 minutes early. 😦
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