Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479836486 ISBN 13: 9781479836482

Publisher: NYU Press, 2019

Synopsis

The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists

When #BlackLivesMatter went viral in 2013, it shed a light on the urgent, daily struggles of black Americans to combat racial injustice. The message resonated with millions across the country. Yet many of our political, social, and economic institutions are still embedded with racist policies and practices that devalue black lives. Stay Woke directly addresses these stark injustices and builds on the lessons of racial inequality and intersectionality the Black Lives Matter movement has challenged its fellow citizens to learn.

In this essential primer, Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith inspire readers to address the pressing issues of racial inequality, and provide a basic toolkit that will equip readers to become knowledgeable participants in public debate, activism, and politics.

This book offers a clear vision of a racially just society, and shows just how far we still need to go to achieve this reality. From activists to students to the average citizen, Stay Woke empowers all readers to work toward a better future for black Americans.

About this title

About the Author

Tehama Lopez Bunyasi (Author)
Tehama Lopez Bunyasi is Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.

Candis Watts Smith (Author)
Candis Watts Smith is Assistant Professor of
Political Science at Williams College. She received her PhD from Duke
University and was awarded the 2013 Best Dissertation Award from the Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of
the American Political Science Association.

Review

"Lays bare the common sense assumptions that both sustain and obscure racism..Makes it impossible for anyone to sleep on 'Black Lives Matter' and the ongoing struggle to end racism as we know it." (Robin D. G. Kelley,author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination)

"An examination of the Black Lives Matter movement that bridges gaps between academic discourse and popular culture in powerful, provocative ways ... A valuable guidebook that deconstructs myths and provides actionable steps people can take to avoid complacency and complicity; essential reading on social justice." (STARRED Library Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1479836486
• ISBN 13: 9781479836482
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Bunyasi Tehama Lopez, Candis Watts Smith