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"Activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. I...
"Activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that the new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation."--
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- Creator
- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis
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- English
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- Updated edition
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2021]
- ©2021
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- xv, 301 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781642594553, 1642594555
- OCLC
- on1197721259
- "Study and discussion guide": pages 291-301.
- Previously published: 2016.
- Foreword copyright in 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : Black awakening in Obama's America -- A culture of racism -- From civil rights to colorblind -- Black faces in high places -- The double standard of justice -- Barack Obama : the end of an illusion -- Black Lives Matter : a movement, not a moment -- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation -- Where is the Black Lives Matter movement headed?
Subjects
- Obama, Barack -- Influence.
- Black lives matter movement.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Social movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- African Americans -- Employment -- History.
- African Americans -- Civil rights.
- Police brutality -- United States.
- Police misconduct -- United States.
- Race discrimination -- United States.
- Post-racialism -- United States.
- Racial justice -- United States.
- United States -- Race relations.