Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation

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[ 219 ] Abuse context, 20–21, 59, 99–101; community as, 133, 135; intimate households as, 133, 134–35; state institutions as, 133, 135; in violence matrix, 133, 134–36 Accountability, 6–7; PRWORA for, 57, 113, 116–17 Activism, 143; grassroots, 68–69, 71, 87–88, 92. See also Anti-violence activism; Black feminist anti-violence activism ADC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children Adolescent pregnancy, 3–8 Africa, Ramona, 150–51 “African American Women In Defense of Ourselves” (Brown, King, and Ransby), 152–53 After the Fall, Inc., 36 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (ADC), 57, 107 Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (hooks), 146–47 America’s prison nation: advantages from, 3–4; anti-violence movement compared to, 17–18, 21, 149; apathy from, 16; conceptualization of, 103–5; consequences of, 20, 160; definition of, 3, 103; dynamics of, 11; framework of, 102; goals of, 21; illustrations of, 99–101; from institutionalization , 104–5; metaphoric use of, 103; orientation towards, 102–3; practices related to, 3; punishment from, 16–17; role of, 104–5; state violence and, 16–17; synonyms for, 103; for Tanya, 7; vulnerability from, 17; welfare state compared with, 103–4; women’s context and, 20–21; women’s power related to, 3–4. See also Impact; Marginalized communities ; Prison nation; Resistance Angelou, Maya, 148 Anti-violence activism, 1, 22–23; Black feminists writing and, 148; conventionalisms related to, 24; for social movement, 68; tension within, 75–76. See also Black feminist antiviolence activism Anti-violence movement, 2–3, 172n2; agencies compared to, 67; apathy of, 15–17; Black feminist anti-violence activism within, 149–50; Black women in, 148–50; conservativism related to, 19–20, 24–25, 65, 96–97, 101–2, 159–60; credibility of, 76–77, 159; definition of, 66–67; derailment of, 17, 97–98; divestment and, 174n27; from grassroots activism, 68–69; identity of, 67–68; internationalization of, 156, 165–66; prison nation compared to, 17–18, 21, 149; racism in, 4, 16, 149; social movements related to, 67–68. See also Institutionalization Index Index [ 220 ] Anti-violence programs, 1, 15; co-optation of, 21. See also specific programs Anti-violence rhetoric, 89–92 Anzaldúa, Gloria, 147 Ardoin, Theresa Adell, 45 Artis, Julie E., 116–17 Ashcroft, John, 65, 110–11 Bachman, R., 31 Balknap, Joanne, 62 Bandele, Asha, 151 Banyard, V. L., 31 Barbour, Haley, 55 Battered women’s defense, 79–81 Battered women’s shelters. See Domestic violence shelters Battered women’s syndrome, 79–80 Bent-Goodley, Tricia, 61 Biden, Joe, 110–11 Birth control, 49, 53 BJS. See Bureau of Justice Statistics Black and Missing Foundation, 126 Black feminist activism, 142 Black feminist analysis, 158, 160; of Ms. B, 141; of New Jersey 4, 140–41; of state, 150–51; of Tanya, 142 Black feminist anti-violence activism, 144; anti-violence activism compared with, 142–43; within anti-violence movement, 149–50; for immigrant women, 161–62; on legal and legislative changes, 162–63; organization of, 145–46; for sex workers, 162; strategies for, 160–66; 2000-2010, 155–56; writing for, 146–48, 151–54 Black feminist theory, 140; description of, 127–28; dialectical images in, 130–31; everyday knowledge in, 130, 161; interlocking oppression in, 128–29; invisibility from, 21–22; social justice praxis in, 131; standpoint epistemology in, 129. See also Violence matrix Black men: Black women compared to, 44, 46, 111; compassion for, 40–41, 59–60; as victims, 40. See also Male violence Black women, 18, 25, 43; in anti-violence movement, 148–50; Black men compared with, 44, 46, 111; within civil rights movement, 144–45; everywoman analysis compared to, 174n27; family formation of, 118–19; intimate partner assault homicides of, 26; intimate partner assaults disproportion for, 26–27, 29; networks within, 143; “real women” compared to, 118, 124, 130–31; sexual oppression overrepresentation of, 40; vulnerability of, 42; White women compared with, 125–26; within women’s rights movement, 144–45; young, 3–8, 6, 27, 60, 96, 167n5 The Bluest Eye (Morrison), 147 Botticher, Carolyn Sue, 48 The Bridge Called My Back, 147 Brown, Elsa Barkley, 152–53 Brown, Vernice, 12–13 Browne, Angela, 62 Bryant-Davis, T., 61 Buckle, Dwayne, 12–13 Bukhari-Alston, Safiya, 150–51 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 25, 38 Burns, M. C., 150 Bush, George W., 53, 65 Catlet, Beth Silken, 116–17 Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (Jackson, Mississippi), 55 Chesney-Lind, Meda, 60 [18.119.160...