Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073C3B1P6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 241 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kim L said Very Good, Timely Book. This is a very good timely book about police violence against women of color. Many of the stories told in Ritchie's book never made the news. She points out that often, there aren't even police records since many stops which lead to violence aren't arrested and go unrecorded. She also makes it a point to point out that violence can include emotional abuse and sexual harassment-thin. Intelligent, courageous and timely “Invisible No More” by Andrea J. Ritchie is a highly intelligent, courageous and timely discussion of gendered police violence in America. Ms. Ritchie is an attorney, activist and educator on behalf of women’s rights. This excellent book deserves to be read by everyone struggling for a more just, inclusive and peaceful society.More than anything else, Ms. Ritchie . Principally a collection of anecdotes about the abuse of women of color by law enforcement policies and practices. Worddancer Redux I wanted to like this book more than I did. Certainly the book is timely. Evidently we are entering an era where there will be less oversight and enforcement of civil rights violations, less interest in overseeing the behavior of law enforcement officiers, and less willingness to call out the blatant abuses that are business as usual in at least some jurisdictions. I think, then, i
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. Placing stories of individual women - such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hal - in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, it documents the evolution of movements centering women's experiences of policing and demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety - and the means we devote to achieving it.