Beyond Lip Service: Bringing Racial Justice to Black and Brown Communities

This book emphasizes the importance of moving beyond lip service to mobilize and expand social justice movements for policy change and program incubation. It highlights pilot programs and community-based initiatives that show promise for equity and racial justice in Black and Brown communities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 120 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book emphasizes the significance of going beyond mere lip service or empty promises to galvanize and enhance the capacity of social justice movements to bring about policy change and nurture new programs at the local, state, and federal levels. In the aftermath of global protests sparked by acts of police brutality in the United States, contemporary problematic policing and racial injustice in Black and Brown communities have risen to the forefront of political discourse in recent years. Institutionalized backlash politics, which emerged during the post-Civil Rights era, perpetuated and exacerbated generations-long racial disparities and hindered systemic change. This edited volume showcases pilot programs and community-based initiatives that hold promise as tools for equity and racial justice in Black and Brown communities.

This book will be of immense value to scholars and academics engaged in the study of racism, justice, community development, and social work. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Community Practice.

Weight: 399g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032415406