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Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
5.0
Read October 2023
To quote Angela Davis's introduction:
"This book dares us not to turn away. It challenges us to acknowledge the human dimension of this violence, which should not be effaced in abstract statistical accounts."
A difficult but powerful book. One I had to take my time with, read in between other books as it is A LOT. Especially the chapter Policing Motherhood hit me hard (which I kinda wasn't expecting as I'm not a mom, nor do I want to be.)
Richie did a great job at highlighting all the different intersections of race, gender & sexual orientation, class, and disability. For me personally at times it did lean maybe a bit too academic, but not to the point of inaccessibility.
To quote Angela Davis's introduction:
"This book dares us not to turn away. It challenges us to acknowledge the human dimension of this violence, which should not be effaced in abstract statistical accounts."
A difficult but powerful book. One I had to take my time with, read in between other books as it is A LOT. Especially the chapter Policing Motherhood hit me hard (which I kinda wasn't expecting as I'm not a mom, nor do I want to be.)
Richie did a great job at highlighting all the different intersections of race, gender & sexual orientation, class, and disability. For me personally at times it did lean maybe a bit too academic, but not to the point of inaccessibility.