This is My Story: Exploring Sexual Abuse in the African American Community By: Jennifer D Small-Jackson discusses sexual abuse with African children and physical abuse with African-American women. This is something that is happening to all American children in the USA. We need to take action to ensure that all children are safe in their homes. Adults need to listen to their children when they have enough nerve to tell their parents they are being abused, even if one of the abusers is the parent.