Jim Crow's legacy : the lasting impact of segregation /
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| Author / Creator: | Thompson-Miller, Ruth, 1957- author. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] |
| Description: | xvi, 262 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives on a multiracial America series Perspectives on a multiracial America series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10117183 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- Historical Background: Slavery and Jim Crow
- Our Conceptual Approach
- Our Research Methods and Participants
- Outline of Chapters
- 2. The Reality and Impact of Jim Crow
- Jim Crow Traumas and Racial Stress: The Segregation Stress Syndrome
- Racially Traumatic Events: Loss of Land
- Racially Traumatic Events: Loss of Life
- The Segregation Stress Syndrome as Collective Experience
- The Segregation Stress Syndrome: Mistrust of Whites
- The Segregation Stress Syndrome: Difficult and Racialized Memories
- Conclusion
- 3. Everyday Surveillance and Racial Framing
- Denial of One's Name
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Denial of Necessities
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: More Travel Restrictions
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Travel Restrictions and Trains
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Traveling by Car
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Major Discrimination in Stores
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: More Discrimination in Stores
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Framing Black Domestics as Criminal
- Conclusion
- 4. More Surveillance of Black Bodies
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Navigating Public Spaces
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Learning Your "Place"
- Surveillance and Controlling Black Bodies: Negative Interactions with the Police
- The Ultimate White Control: Terroristic Lynchings
- Blocking Black Access to Economic and Social Capital
- Conclusion
- 5. Rape and Rape Threats: More Weapons of White Terror
- Centuries of Slavery and the Rape of Black Women
- Rape during the Jim Crow Era
- Rapes of Black Women: Jim Crow's Violent Sexual Reality
- Rapes of Children and Protective Socialization
- Rapes of Girls and Women: Economic Dimensions
- The Places and Perpetrators of Rape
- Dissenting Whites: Individual Disadvantages and Societal Advantages
- The Criminal "Injustice" System
- Impact on Black Gender Relations
- Sustained Sexual Coercion: More Community Complexities
- Long-Term White-Black Relationships
- Rape's Impact: The Black Children of White Men
- Black Resistance to White Rapists
- Conclusion
- 6. Coping and Resistance Strategies
- Colorism and Passing for White
- Passing as Coping
- Passing as Resisting
- Other Coping Strategies
- Active Resistance: Socializing Children
- More Active Resistance: Maintaining Integrity
- Conclusion
- 7. Fifty Years Later: Jim Crow Unwilling to Die
- Problems in the Present, Hope for the Future
- Persisting White Supremacy
- Persisting Segregation in Public Settings
- Failing Public School Districts
- Differential Treatment at Work
- Continuing Black Surveillance: Racial Profiling
- Empowering Black Children: Lessons from Jim Crow
- The Case for Reparations for Jim Crow Oppression
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
