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Pushout - The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Hardcover)
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Pushout - The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Hardcover)
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Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was
expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and
teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was
being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested
and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to
attend school. Just 16 percent of female students, Black girls make
up more than one-third of all girls with a school-related arrest.
The first trade book to tell these untold stories, Pushout exposes
a world of confined potential and supports the growing movement to
address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push
countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and
often unsafe futures. For four years Monique W. Morris, author of
Black Stats, chronicled the experiences of black girls across the
country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged—by
teachers, administrators, and the justice system—and degraded by
the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. Morris
shows how, despite obstacles, stigmas, stereotypes, and despair,
black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into
their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities, and beyond.
General
Imprint: |
The New Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2016 |
Authors: |
Monique W. Morris
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Dimensions: |
209 x 139 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62097-094-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
1-62097-094-5 |
Barcode: |
9781620970942 |
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