Black Liberation Resources
Roberts, an expert and pathbreaking scholar on policing of Black motherhood, succinctly summarizes conclusions drawn over decades of scholarship, including her broadly cited works Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty (Pantheon, 1997) and Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (Basic Book, 2001), which, along with her prolific scholarship, informed the “Policing Motherhood” chapter of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Beacon Press, 2017)
Racial discrimination at work has been under much scrutiny from academics and journalists, but less considered is the subject of skin-tone bias, or colourism. Unlike racial bias, which is usually perpetrated by individuals of one race against those of another, colourism is also frequently observed among members of the same ethnic or racial group.
This groundbreaking study by the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality provides—for the first time—data showing that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers, especially in the age range of 5–14.
“It Was like All of Us Had Been Raped": Sexual Violence, Community Mobilization, and the African American Freedom Struggle” By Danielle L. McGuire
"The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought" By Patricia Collins
"Expanding the Boundaries of the Women's Movement: Black Feminism and the Struggle for Welfare Rights" By Premilla Nadasen
“White Supremacy Culture – Still Here” By Tema Okun
“To build a nation of equal opportunity for everyone, we need to dismantle this spurious legacy of our common upbringing.” In order to do this, we have to educate ourselves. We can learn about covert white supremacy, follow organizations leading the way for racial equity and justice, watch films, listen to podcasts, and read books.
Intersectionality has a similar genealogy as body positivity, with a rich history in Black feminist thought but now considered by many as coopted and whitened. In this article, we trace the rich and divergent legacies of both movements and explore at the structural level how body positivity is represented within physical cultures on Instagram. We use a social-justice oriented intersectionality framework exploring #BodyPositivity and #BodyPositive across a total of 141 posts using reflexive thematic analysis.
This article is part of the “Raising Resilient Kids” series – a partnership with the RESilience Initiative of the American Psychological Association. Each article features science-informed tips and resources for African American parents on how to build resilience in our kids.
"Can the Queen Speak? Racial Essentialism, Sexuality, and the Problem of Authority" By Dwight McBride from Black Men on Race, Gender & Sexuality
“‘Black Power,’ and the Roots of the African American Freedom Struggle” By Timothy Tyson
“Decolonization is not a metaphor” By Eve Tuck, State University of New York at New Paltz and K. Wayne Yang, University of California, San Diego
"Women Race & Class" By Angela Davis