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"This is the unfair policing of Black women's bodies." Social media users react to 'racist' ban on Serena Williams' catsuit aje.io/m3u84

Important: these women are helping normalize these necessary conversations. Black women disproportionately face many #reprojustice issues, including higher rates of maternal morbidity & mortality, policing of their bodies, and safety for their children. mic.com/articles/19238…

Stop commenting in their hair, or their clothing choices, or their bodies. Stop policing them. Stop doing to black women what white men have done to you for centuries. Because just like oppression is intersectional, so it is hierarchical.

The denial of female sexuality, buttressed by the Bible, means not only are young women shamed for sexual behavior but that discussions of sexual pleasure and health are verboten. #INTSCRT18

An article that needs to be read: source.wustl.edu/2018/02/police… #INTSCRT18

As well, research has shown that Black women are perceived and constructed as non-prototypical for their gender. Observers within a White dominant social frame could be said to have difficulty correctly seeing Black women’s bodies and gender presentations. #INTSCRT18

Representations of Black women in United States popular culture and public discourse frequently depict them stereotypically as fat and in need of policing for moral failures. #INTSCRT18

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This video leads a discussion on the policing of the Black Female Body. Traditional representations of black women aid in systemic racism. #INTSCRT18 youtube.com/watch?v=hWpKyo…

Policing Black Bodies is a powerful call to acknowledge injustice and work for change. #INTSCRT18

toward how we can work for change. The book calls attention to the ways class, race, and gender contribute to injustice, as well as the perils of colorblind racism—that by pretending not to see race we actually strengthen, rather than dismantle, racist social structures.

Policing Black Bodies goes beyond chronicling isolated incidents of injustice to look at the broader systems of inequality in our society—how they’re structured, how they harm Black people, and how we can work for positive change. The book discusses the school-to-prison pipeline

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Wanna great read? Check this one out! #INTSCRT18 chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-…

fusion.tv/video/159404/b… Check out this video of black women speaking out! #INTSCRT18

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"Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South." muse.jhu.edu/article/617041 #INTSCRT18

"Women of color continue to deal with some of the workplace’s most entrenched hurdles such as pay inequities and near invisibility in top leadership roles, as well as daunting roadblocks that stifle the meaningful dialogue that would help make real progress." #INTSCRT18