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Who is Tarana Burke? What was Burke’s childhood like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burke\u2019s involvement in anti-sexual violence activism is rooted in her own experience of childhood sexual abuse. In her book Unbound<\/em>, she briefly describes how her victimization and other experiences inspired a deep-seated sense of shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at the experiences that encouraged her to start the “me too” movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Burke\u2019s Experience of Childhood Sexual Abuse<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Who Is Tarana Burke, and what was her childhood like? Burke says the first time she was sexually assaulted, she was seven years old\u2014too young to understand what was happening to her. When she was playing outside, an older boy who lived in her neighborhood led her out of her parents\u2019 sight, penetrated her, and ejaculated on her (she thought he urinated). Then, beginning at age nine, she was molested by a different boy in her neighborhood. He took photos of the abuse and used them to blackmail her into submission, which worked until a painful encounter (he knocked against the cast on her broken leg) spurred Burke to fight back and steal his camera at the age of 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The abuse Burke endured made her feel humiliated and frightened, but she didn\u2019t tell anyone what happened for two reasons. First, she felt that she had done something wrong and would get into trouble if she disclosed the assault. Burke explains that she had been taught not to let anyone touch her genitals, but she didn\u2019t understand that this advice was intended as a warning about sexual violence. She blamed herself for allowing someone to touch her, even though she didn\u2019t have a choice. This led her to develop a deep sense of shame and conclude that she was a bad person.<\/strong> As a result, she often falsely confessed sins at her Catholic school, contriving opportunities to repent for what she considered truly sinful (her victimization).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Burke worried that her stepfather would go to prison for hurting the boys who abused her. Burke describes her stepfather as a respected authority figure in her neighborhood, and she\u2019d seen him become violent with others who harmed people in their community. Since they were family, this possibility seemed even more likely. When Burke stole her abuser\u2019s camera and ran away from him, she ran into an elderly neighbor who guessed what had happened. This neighbor told Burke not to tell her stepfather about the abuse because he was too valuable a part of the community to lose to prison, reinforcing Burke\u2019s silence. (Later, her stepfather went to prison for an unrelated reason, and Burke says she inexplicably felt she was to blame.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Sources of Burke\u2019s Shame<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Burke explains that in addition to the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, two other major forces influenced her strong sense of shame. First, by the age of 12, she believed she was ugly<\/strong> due to strangers\u2019 unkind stares and comments about her appearance. Burke explains that the notion that she\u2019s ugly is rooted in anti-Black beauty standards\u2014she describes herself as having a large nose, full lips, and dark skin, features that are often stigmatized. She was raised to love being Black, but the callous comments she received still took a toll on her. She didn\u2019t just believe that she was ugly\u2014she believed that because she was ugly, she deserved <\/em>cruel treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second force that contributed to Burke\u2019s pervasive feelings of shame was her mother\u2019s tendency to yell at and humiliate her for minor infractions. For example, as a child, Burke once wondered what dish soap tasted like and touched a used dishrag to her tongue to find out. Her mother saw her, became furious, and berated her by suggesting she <\/em>was a disgusting dishrag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, when Burke had consensual sex for the first time as a teenager, her mother found out about it by reading her diary and responded in an angry, judgmental way, which made Burke feel ashamed. She also forced Burke to see a gynecologist and get tested for sexually transmitted infections, which was painful and retraumatizing. Burke says that by treating her this way, her mother confirmed her belief that she was inherently flawed and unworthy of love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Boon to Burke\u2019s Shame<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although shame permeated her childhood, Burke eventually found a bit of relief from that feeling. When she was 12, she read renowned poet Maya Angelou\u2019s autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em><\/a>, which depicts Angelou\u2019s experience of childhood sexual abuse. Burke says empathizing with Angelou, whom she viewed as blameless and undeserving of the abuse, taught her three things: First, she wasn\u2019t alone\u2014other girls experienced sexual abuse, too. Second, the abuse wasn\u2019t her fault. Third, the abuse didn\u2019t have to hold her back\u2014Angelou\u2019s life journey demonstrated that it was possible for a Black girl who\u2019d been sexually abused to grow into a self-assured, graceful, and successful adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: As in Burke\u2019s life story, Angelou\u2019s silence about sexual violence was a central theme in her autobiography<\/a>: After she testified against the man who abused her, he was murdered. The guilt Angelou felt over his death caused her to stop speaking aloud for several years, until she started reading poetry at age 13. Angelou\u2019s autobiography is commonly cited as a source of healing and inspiration for survivors of sexual violence: Television producer Oprah Winfrey, for example, says that reading it gave her the words she needed<\/a> to describe her own experience of childhood sexual abuse. Studies affirm that exposure to resilient role models<\/a> like Angelou can give children who\u2019ve experienced hardship greater hope for the future<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who is Tarana Burke? What was Burke’s childhood like? Burke\u2019s involvement in anti-sexual violence activism is rooted in her own experience of childhood sexual abuse. In her book Unbound, she briefly describes how her victimization and other experiences inspired a deep-seated sense of shame. Let’s look at the experiences that encouraged her to start the “me too” movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":133025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,24],"tags":[1625],"class_list":["post-132951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-psychology","category-society","tag-unbound","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nWho Is Tarana Burke? 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