Title From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Published Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages) Contents 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 Summary "The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and insightful analysis, 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 this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation."-- Provided by publisher The author of Race for Profit carries out "[a] searching examination of the social, political and economic dimensions of the prevailing racial order" (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow). In this winner of the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for an Especially Notable Book, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor "not only exposes the canard of color-blindness but reveals how structural racism and class oppression are joined at the hip" (Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams). The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a post-racial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and the persistence of structural inequality, such as mass incarceration and black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for black liberation. "This brilliant book is the best analysis we have of the #BlackLivesMatter moment of the long struggle for freedom in America. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has emerged as the most sophisticated and courageous radical intellectual of her generation." --Dr. Cornel West, author of Race Matters "A must read for everyone who is serious about the ongoing praxis of freedom." --Barbara Ransby, author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement "[A] penetrating, vital analysis of race and class at this critical moment in America's racial history." --Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Description based on print version record digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Obama, Barack -- Influence SUBJECT Obama, Barack fast Obama, Barack 1961- gnd Schwarze, ... gnd Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Black lives matter movement. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century Racism against Black people -- United States -- History -- 21st century Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States Social movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century African Americans -- Employment -- History Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 21st century Police brutality -- United States Police misconduct -- United States Race discrimination -- United States. Post-racialism -- United States Racial justice -- United States Racism -- United States -- History -- 21st century Discrimination in criminal justice administration. African Americans -- Civil rights -- 21st century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Black lives matter movement African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Social conditions Discrimination in criminal justice administration Racial profiling in law enforcement Racism Social movements African Americans -- Employment Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Police brutality Police misconduct Post-racialism Race discrimination Politik Gewalt Rechtsstellung Soziale Ungleichheit Rassendiskriminierung Polizei Machtmissbrauch United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781608465637 1608465632

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