{"id":4743231766605,"title":"Policing Black Lives","handle":"policing-black-lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Robyn Maynard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynopsis from fernwoodpublishing.ca:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard’s intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA call-to-action,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eurges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-11-04T16:46:52-08:00","created_at":"2020-07-16T13:10:27-07:00","vendor":"Fernwood Publishing","type":"Merchandise","tags":["book"],"price":1900,"price_min":1900,"price_max":1900,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32835454632013,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BKPBLK","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Policing Black Lives","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1900,"weight":227,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":7,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/bowscoffee.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/PB.jpg?v=1594930229"],"featured_image":"\/\/bowscoffee.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/PB.jpg?v=1594930229","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":7400028700749,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.006,"height":1018,"width":1024,"src":"\/\/bowscoffee.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/PB.jpg?v=1594930229"},"aspect_ratio":1.006,"height":1018,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/bowscoffee.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/PB.jpg?v=1594930229","width":1024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Robyn Maynard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynopsis from fernwoodpublishing.ca:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard’s intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA call-to-action,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicing Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eurges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.\u003c\/p\u003e"}