Black women and girls and Incarceration
Black women and girls and Incarceration
Weeks 9 and 10 focus on how in the modern day incarceration system, Black men are often centered as the most oppressed because they have the highest population within the incarceration system, but in reality Black women are the ones who should be at the center of this conversation.
Pop Culture and News Media
Week 9 Readings:
African American Policy Forum, and Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. Say Her Name Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women.
Henisey, Ryan K. Say Her Name - Transgender Portrait Art to Confront Violence
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INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color & Trans People of Color A Critical Intersection of Gender Violence and State Violence.
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Week 10 Readings:
Solange Knowles. F.U.B.U. A Seat at the Table. Columbia Records Group. 2016.
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Andrea J Ritche. “#SayHerName: Racial Profiling and Police Violence Against Black Women”
