- Birth control, Civil rights, Race discrimination, African American women
"The image of the 'Welfare Queen' still dominates white America's perceptions of Black women. It is an image that also continues to shape our government's policies concerning Black women's reproductive decisions.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Dorothy E. Roberts
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 373
- Publisher
- Vintage, Random House Value Publishing, Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679442264
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“When Rose Williams was sixteen years old, her master sent her to live in a cabin with a male slave named Rufus.”
Law professor & scholar of race in social institutions.
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