The black agenda Bold solutions for a broken system
Book - 2022
"From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life. Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind-a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays featuring Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, climate, and technology. It speaks to the question "What's next for America?" on the subjects of policy-making, mental health, artificial intelligence, climate movement, the future of work, the LGBTQ community, the criminal legal system, and much more. Essay...ists including Dr. Sandy Darity, Dr. Hedwig Lee, Mary Heglar, and Janelle Jones present groundbreaking ideas ranging from Black maternal and infant health to reparations to AI bias to inclusive economic policy, with the potential to uplift and heal not only Black America, but the entire country"--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
St. Martin's Press
2022.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xiii, 258 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781250276872
- Foreword
- Editor's Introduction
- Part I. Climate
- The Weather-Climate Gap and the Black Community
- Intersectional Environmentalism Must Shape Climate Action
- Stop #AllLivesMattering the Climate Crisis
- Centering Black Queer Creatives in Sustainability
- Part II. Health Care
- Reenvisioning Public Health for Black America
- A Bolder Approach to Diversify the Health Care Workforce
- Race, Gender, and Rethinking Care Work
- Part III. Wellness
- Why Colorism Matters for Black Maternal and Infant Health
- The Diary of a Black Disabled Woman
- Mental Health for Black America
- Technology Is Not the Panacea for Black Women's Health
- Part IV. Education
- How to Center Black Children During a Global Pandemic
- On the Brilliance of Black Girls: Teaching and Nurturing in Schools Across America
- The Immeasurable Value of Black Children's Books
- The Future of Work Begins with Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- The Case for (Black) Student Debt Forgiveness
- Part V. Technology
- Facing the Tech Giants
- Algorithmic Assault
- We're Talking About AI Wrong
- Part VI. Criminal Justice
- Nothin' New: Racial Disparities in Police Contact
- The Carceral System Has No Future
- The Invisibility of Black Women and the Consequences of Mass Incarceration
- Queer as in Abolishing the Police: Criminal Justice and Black LGBTQ People
- Part VII. Economy
- How the Federal Reserve Can Help Black Workers
- The Case for Stratification Economics
- America's Best Depends on Black Women Best
- Part VIII. Public Policy
- Black Voters (Always) Matter: Voting Rights in the Twenty-First Century
- The Next Civil Rights Movement Requires Policy Wonks
- The Black Belt: America's Black Rural South
- African American Reparations and an Economic Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- Recommended Reading
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