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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155154503321

Titolo

Challenging the legacies of racial resentment : Black health activism, educational justice, and legislative leadership / / Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Julia Jordan-Zachery, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2016

ISBN

1-351-52956-0

1-351-52957-9

1-4128-6394-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

The National Political Science Review ; ; Volume 18

Disciplina

362.1089/96073081

Soggetti

African Americans - Medical care - Government policy

Black people - Medical care - Government policy - Brazil

Medical policy - United States

United States Race relations History 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Domestic and international health activism and health policy are focal points in this volume of the National Political Science Review series, a publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Challenging the Legacies of Racial Resentment demonstrates the continuing importance of the 'medical civil rights movement,' through examples of activism of women of color in AIDS service organizations, around their health issues, and in the struggle for racial equity in health care in Brazil. This volume also examines the marked rise in American racial tensions during the Obama administration. Spikes in police and vigilante violence, as well as fear of a reversion to re-segregated schools have brought a new urgency to black political activism. Contributions to this volume explore the effect of race on American attitudes toward immigration policy and reform, black state legislators and American morality politics, the historically disproportionate influence of Southern whites in American politics, and



the undermining of school desegregation laws with contemporary 'nullification' strategies. The volume's 'Trends' section, features conversations on the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Los Angeles, the 2016 presidential election, and examines the teaching of the Trayvon Martin story at the University of California, Irvine. The volume also includes a diverse selection of book reviews"--Provided by publisher.