Until We Are Free

Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement's message found fertile ground in Canada, where Black activists speak of generations of injustice and continue the work of the Black liberators who have come before them. Until We Are Free contains some of the very best writing on the hottest issues facing the Black community in Canada. It describes the latest developments in Canadian Black activism, organizing efforts through the use of social media, Black-Indigenous alliances, and more. "Until We Are Free busts myths of Canadian politeness and niceness, myths that prevent Canadians from properly fulfilling its dream of multiculturalism and from challenging systemic racism, including the everyday assaults on black and brown bodies. This book needs to be read and put into practice by everyone." —Vershawn Young, author of Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity and co-author of Other People's English: Code Meshing, Code Switching, and African American Literacy Contributors: Silvia Argentina Arauz - Toronto, ON Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Toronto, ON Patrisse Cullors - Los Angeles, CA Giselle Dias - Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON OmiSoore Dryden - Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Paige Galette - Whitehorse, YK Dana Inkster - University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB Sarah Jama - Hamilton, ON El Jones - Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS Anique Jordan - Toronto, ON Dr. Naila Keleta Mae - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Janaya Khan - Los Angeles, CA Gilary Massa - York University, Toronto, ON Robyn Maynard - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON QueenTite Opaleke - Toronto, ON Randolph Riley - Halifax, NS Camille Turner - York University, Toronto, ON Ravyn Wngz - Toronto, ON

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-01
Mått:153 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Regina Press
ISBN:9780889776944
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Saskatchewan Book Awards Publishing Award 2021

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Rodney Diverlus is a Port-au-Prince-born, Toronto-based dance artist, curator, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto. Sandy Hudson is the founder of the Black Lives Matter movement presence in Canada, a founding board member of the Black Legal Action Centre, and co-hosts the Canadian political podcast Sandy and Nora Talk Politics. Syrus Marcus Ware is a core team member of Black Lives Matter Toronto, a Vanier Scholar, a facilitator and designer for the CulturalLeaders Lab, and an award-winning artist and educator.

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"Whether in an imagined future or today's stark reality, Until We Are Free stands as a necessary work that is bound to become central to dialogues in the areas of social justice and global liberation." -- Quill & Quire

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction—The Year 2055 C.E.—An Imagined Future PART I: FRAMING OUR OWN STORY: BLACK LIVES MATTER IN CANADA, THEN AND NOW1. The Origin Story of Black Lives Matter CanadaSandy Hudson and Rodney Diverlus PART II: CARCERAL VIOLENCE: BLACKNESS, BORDERS, AND CONFINEMENT IN CANADA2. Many a Thousand GoneRandolph Riley and El Jones 3. Revolution and Resurgence: Dismantling the Prison Industrial Complex through Black and Indigenous SolidaritySyrus Marcus Ware and Giselle Dias (Niigaanii Zhaawshko Giizhigokwe) 4. Black Lives Matter Beyond Borders: Reflections from Building a Global MovementRodney Diverlus in conversation with Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Janaya Khan 5. Towards Black and Indigenous Futures on Turtle Island: A ConversationRobyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 6. Unborderable Blackness: How Diasporic Black Identities Pose a Threat to Imperialism and Colonialism EverywhereSandy Hudson 7. Organizing Direct Action in the Digital AgeJanaya Khan PART III: CREATIVE ACTIVISMS: ARTS IN THE MOVEMENT8. Black Arts and the Movement: A ConversationRavyn Wngz and Syrus Marcus Ware 9. RelentlessDr. Naila Keleta-Mae 10. The Afronautic Research LabCamille Turner 11. Choreographic Design and Performing Black ActivismRodney Diverlus PART IV: THEORIZING BLACKNESS: CONSIDERATIONS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE12. The Need to Root Disability Justice into MovementsSarah Jama 13. Blackness in the AtmosphereDana Inkster 14. First-Generation TribulationsQueenTite Opaleke 15. It’s in Us to Give: Black Life and the Racial Profiling of Blood DonationOmiSoore Dryden 16. From Cheechako to Sourdough: Reflections on Northern Living and Surviving, while Being BlackPaige Galette 17. Mothering in the MovementSilvia Argentina Arauz 18. Black and MuslimGilary Massa 19. Black Lives Matter—Toronto Sit-in at PrideDr. Naila Keleta-Mae PART V: AND BEYOND: BLACK FUTURITIES AND POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD20. Power to All People: Black LGBTTI2QQActivism, Remembrance, and Archiving in TorontoSyrus Marcus Ware 21. Indigenous and Black Solidarity in Practice: #BLMTOTentCitySandy Hudson 22. Black Lives Matter—Toronto Freedom School Photos by Anique Jordan Conclusion:The Palimpsest 315 Postscript:The Year 2092 C.E. An Imagined Future, Part 2 Contributors Editors