Black fatigue : how racism erodes the mind, body, and spirit /

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This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people--and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. Black people, young and old, are fatig...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Winters, Mary-Frances (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Mental health.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > Santé mentale.
African Americans > Mental health
African Americans > Social conditions
Online Access:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. My black fatigue
  • 2. Addressing sublime ignorance
  • 3. Then is now
  • 4. Racism literally makes you sick : it is a preexisting condition
  • 5. The many layers of black fatigue
  • 6. Say her name : black women's fatigue
  • 7. "I can't breathe" : black men's fatigue
  • 8. Out of the mouth's of babes : black children's fatigue
  • 9. A clarion call for collective action to combat black fatigue
  • Conclusion : reimaging a just world.

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