The Politics of Survival : : Black Women Social Welfare Beneficiaries in Brazil and the United States / / Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour.
Poor Black women who benefit from social welfare are marginalized in a number of ways by interlocking systemic racism, sexism, and classism. The media renders them invisible or casts them as racialized and undeserving “welfare queens” who exploit social safety nets. Even when Black women voters are...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 15 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL
- 2 SUPPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS, STIGMA, AND RESISTANCE
- 3 PERCEPTIONS OF CLASS, SKIN COLOR, AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- 4 ARE POOR BLACK WOMEN TO BLAME FOR CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS?
- 5 CONCLUSION Are Poor Black Women the Hope for Progressive Politics?
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX