Date : 2023
Type : Livre / Book
Langue / Language : anglais / English
ISBN : 978-1-6425-9494-2
ISBN : 1-64259-494-6
ISBN : 978-1-6425-9452-2
ISBN : 1-64259-452-0
Noires -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Noires -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Minorités -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Minorités -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Violence policière -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Violence policière -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Mouvements sociaux -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Mouvements sociaux -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Classification Dewey : 363.2/320973
Résumé / Abstract : Black women, girls, and femmes as young as seven and as old as ninety-three have been killed by the police, though we rarely hear their names or learn their stories. Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson are among the many lives that should have been. This volume provides an analytical framework for understanding Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, and it explains how--through Black feminist storytelling and ritual--we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice. Centering Black women's experiences in police violence and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all Black lives matter and that the police cannot kill without consequence. This is a story of Black feminist practice, community-building, enablement, and Black feminist reckoning