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America, goddam : violence, Black women, and the struggle for justice /

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"America, Goddam explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and le...

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Main Author: Lindsey, Treva B., 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Women, Black > Violence against > United States.
Women, Black > Civil rights > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Anti-racism > United States.
African American women > Civil rights.
African Americans.
Women.
Social justice.
Civil rights.
Black or African American
Women
Racism
Social Justice
Civil Rights
United States
Femmes noires > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Femmes noires > Droits > États-Unis.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Antiracisme > États-Unis.
Noirs américains.
Femmes.
Justice sociale.
Droits de l'homme.
Noires américaines > Droits.
African American.
women (female humans)
civil rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Anti-racism
Social justice
Women, Black > Civil rights
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Goddam, goddam, goddam
  • Say her name : policing is violence
  • The caged bird sings : the criminal punishment system
  • Up against the wind : intracommunal violence
  • Violability is a preexisting condition : dying in the medical industrial complex
  • Unlivable : the deadly consequences of poverty
  • They say I'm hopeless
  • We were not meant survive
  • Epilogue. A letter to Ma'Khia Bryant.