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Color of Violence
The INCITE! Anthology
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
Pages: 336ISBN: 0-89608-762-X
Format: Paper
Release Date: 2006-10-10
How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help? How does it hinder?
When will we admit that repositioning women of color at the center of the movement—
women more often harmed by the police, prisons, and border patrols than aided by them—
means that we must address state violence?
In Color of Violence, INCITE! demands that we
• reconsider a reliance on the criminal justice system for solving women’s struggles with domestic violence;
• acknowledge how militarism subjects women to extreme levels of violence perpetrated from within, and without, their communities;
• recognize how the medical establishment inflicts violence—such as involuntary
sterilization and inadequate health care—on women of color;
• devise new strategies for cross-cultural dialogue, theorizing, and alliance building;
• and much, much more.
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence was born in 2000, when more than two
thousand dedicated activists from diverse communities came together to end the
war being waged on women of color in the US and around the world. Now the largest multiracial, grassroots, feminist organization in the United States, INCITE! boasts chapters in more than 20 cities. Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology presents the fierce and vital writing of 32 of these visionaries, who not only shift the focus from domestic violence and sexual assault, but also map innovative strategies of movement building and resistance used by women of color around the world. At a time of heightened state surveillance and repression of people of color, Color of
Violence: The INCITE! Anthology is an essential intervention.
Other topics that are related to Feminism are:
Table of Contents
Introduction Andrea Smith, Beth Richie, Julia Sudbury, and Janelle White
I. Reconceptualizing Antiviolence StrategiesRethinking Antiviolence Strategies Julia Sudbury
Disability in the New World Order Nirmala Erevelles
Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime Sarah Deer
Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy Dorothy Roberts
White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice Loretta Ross
Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy Andrea Smith
Palestinian Resistance and Radical US Women of Color Nadine Naber
II. Forms of Violence
The Color of Violence Haunani Kay Trask
Four Generations in Resistance Dana Erekat
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INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
Click here to view INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence's full Author PageAmong the largest feminist organizations in the world, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing. Through the efforts of INCITE!, women of color and our communities will move closer toward global peace, justice, and liberation.