Invisible no more : police violence against black women and women of color / Andrea J. Ritchie.
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TextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]Description: xv, 324 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807088982 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0807088986 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence." -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. By placing the individual stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Andrea Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centered around women's experiences of policing. Featuring a powerful forward by activist Angela Davis, Invisible No More is an essential exposeon police violence against WOC that demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety-and the means we devote to achieving it.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Enduring legacies -- Policing paradigms and criminalizing webs -- Policing girls -- Policing (dis)ability -- Policing sexual violence -- Policing the borders of gender -- Policing sex -- Policing motherhood -- Meeting violence with violence -- Resistance -- Conclusion.