Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

Andrea Ritchie

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Beacon Press
Country
United States
Published
1 August 2017
Pages
352
ISBN
9780807088982

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

Andrea Ritchie

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 Moreis 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.

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