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Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world--and how you can, too
Title:
Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world--and how you can, too
Author:
Oluo, Ijeoma author.
ISBN:
9780063140189
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Edition:
First edition
Physical Description:
256 pages ; 23 cm
Format:
Books
Contents:
Punishment, accountability, and abolition. Richie Reseda and Mannie Thomas ; Race, patriarchy, and punishment culture ; What is abolition? ; What is beyond punishment? ; Be a revolution -- Gender justice, bodily autonomy, and race. Why it's often race and gender ; Abortion, bodily autonomy, and the racism that endangers it all ; Intersections of racism, queerphobia, and transphobia in gender justice work ; Be a revolution -- Hierarchies of body and mind: disability and race. Why disability matters ; Ableism in anti-racist work ; What is disability in communities of color? ; Be a revolution -- Race, labor, and business. Why labor matters ; Racism in labor unions ; Can we build better businesses? ; Be a revolution -- Race, the environment, and environmental justice. Race, environment, and environmental apartheid ; Environmentalist colonialism ; Be a revolution -- Race, education, and the pedagogy of our oppressors. Racism in our schools ; Is revolution possible in our schools? ; Working outside of the school system ; Be a revolution -- Arts, race, and the creative forces of revolution. Art as the keeper of community ; White supremacy in the art world ; Art as a weapon ; Be a revolution -- A life's work. Ages and stages ; Ability and privilege ; Navigating privilege in movement spaces ; Mental health and well-being -- Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Works cited.
Abstract:
From the #1 New York times best-selling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre comes an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.
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