A Place We Call Home: Gender, Race, and Justice in Syracuse

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APlaceWeCallHome Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Robert A. Rubenstein, Series Editor Other titles from Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Back Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process Anthony Wanis-St. John A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women’s Peace Movement Melinda Plastas Conflict and Cooperation: Christian-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Egypt Peter E. Makari 41 Shots . . . and Counting: What Amadou Diallo’s Story Teaches Us about Policing, Race, and Justice Beth Roy Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Ireland Eileen F. Babbitt and Ellen L. Lutz, eds. National Minority, Regional Majority: Palestinian Arabs Versus Jews in Israel Yitzhak Reiter Not Just a Soccer Game: Colonialism and Conflict among Palestinians in Israel Magid Shihade Peace as a Women’s Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for World Peace and Women’s Rights Harriet Hyman Alonso Re-Centering Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice Mary Adams Trujillo, S. Y. Bowland, Linda James Myers, Phillip M. Richards, and Beth Roy, eds. Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution Stephen Zunes and Jacob Mundy APlaceWeCall home gender, r ace , and justice in syr acuse K.AnimashaunDucre syracuse university press Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our website at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3306-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ducre, K. Animashaun. A place we call home : gender, race, and justice in Syracuse / K. Animashaun Ducre. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3306-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. African American neighborhoods— New York (State)—Syracuse. 2. African American mothers—New York (State)—Syracuse—Social conditions. 3. Community life—New York (State)— Syracuse. 4. Environmental justice—New York (State)—Syracuse. 5. Feminist theory. I. Title. HN80.S94D83 2012 305.896074766—dc23 2012040260 Manufactured in the United States of America K. Animashaun Ducre is assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. She received her PhD in the Environmental Justice Program of the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment in 2005. Kishi has been a committed advocate for environmental justice for more than a decade. Her first foray in environmental activism was as a Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace from 1994 to 1997. She combines her experiences on the frontlines of the environmental justice movement and academic training in geographic information systems and demography for a unique perspective on economic and environmental inequality in the United States. ...