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  • Blinded by the Whites

    Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America

    by David H. Ikard ...
    Series series Blacks in the Diaspora
    The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. David H. Ikard addresses these issues in an effort to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blinded by the Whites

    Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America

    by David H. Ikard ...
    Series series Blacks in the Diaspora
    The election of Barack Obama gave political currency to the (white) idea that Americans now live in a post-racial society. But the persistence of racial profiling, economic inequality between blacks and whites, disproportionate numbers of black prisoners, and disparities in health and access to healthcare suggest there is more to the story. David H. Ikard addresses these issues in an effort to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Breaking the Silence

    Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism

    by David Ikard ...
    Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? Many black feminists are doubtful. Their skepticism derives in part from a history of explosive encounters with black men who blamed feminism for stigmatizing black men and undermining racial solidarity and in part from a perception that black male feminists are opportunists capitalizing on the current popularity of black women's ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs

    by David Ikard ...
    In this incredibly timely book, David Ikard dismantles popular white supremacist tropes, which effectively devalue black life and trivialize black oppression. Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs investigates the tenacity and cultural capital of white redemption narratives in literature and popular media from Uncle Tom’s Cabin to The Help.In the book, Ikard explodes the fiction of ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Nation of Cowards

    Black Activism in Barack Obama's Post-Racial America

    by David H. Ikard, Martell Lee Teasley ...
    Series series Blacks in the Diaspora
    An argument for intense and organized activism from the African American community to generate discussion on race in the United States.In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more—not less—about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama's historic rise to ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Legacy of Jim Crow

    by Clarence A. Haynes, Jennifer Sabin ...
    Series series True History
    **“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” –Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of FlygirlIntroducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of the United States through an anti-racist lens.**The true story of the discriminatory laws and ideas that affected African American life for generations.In ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Legacy of Jim Crow

    by Clarence A. Haynes, Jennifer Sabin ...
    Narrated by Jennifer Sabin, Tyla Collier ...
    Series series True History

    Unabridged

    2 hours 22 min

    **“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” –Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of FlygirlIntroducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of the United States through an anti-racist lens.**The true story of the discriminatory laws and ideas that affected African American life for generations.In ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    An Intimate History of Black Feminism

    by Jenn M. Jackson PhD ...
    A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.“Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar. In this book, they pay tribute to generations of Black women organizers and set forward a bold and courageous blueprint for our ... Read more

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  • Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

    Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

    by Melissa V. Harris-Perry ...
    From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefsJezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations ... Read more

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  • Black Feminist Thought

    Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

    by Patricia Collins ...
    In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent ... Read more

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  • We Real Cool

    Black Men and Masculinity

    by bell hooks ...
    "When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse."In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We**Real Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her ... Read more

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  • Gender Talk

    The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities

    by Johnnetta B. Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall ...
    Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, ... Read more

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