Our Fight Has Just Begun is a timely and urgent work that revises history, documents anti-Indianism, and gives voice to victims of racial violence. It highlights the persistence of "Indian hating" ideology and the failure of the justice system to protect Native American victims and families. Despite the ongoing pain and violence, there is a time of uncertainty and hope as the movement to abolish racial injustice and racially motivated violence gains momentum.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2022
Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Our Fight Has Just Begun is a timely and urgent work that revises history, documents anti-Indianism, and gives voice to victims of racial violence. Navajo scholar Cheryl Redhorse Bennett reveals a lesser-known story of Navajo activism and the courageous organizers that confronted racial injustice and inspired generations. This work places these stories within a larger history, connecting historical violence in the United States to present-day hate crimes. Bennett contends that hate crimes committed against Native Americans have persisted as an extension of an "Indian hating" ideology that has existed since colonization, exposing how the justice system has failed Native American victims and families. While this book looks deeply at multiple generations of unnecessary and ongoing pain and violence, it also recognizes that this is a time of uncertainty and hope. The movement to abolish racial injustice and racially motivated violence has gained fierce momentum. Our Fight Has Just Begun shows that racism, hate speech, and hate crimes are ever present and offers recommendations for racial justice.

Our Fight Has Just Begun: A Timely and Urgent Work

Our Fight Has Just Begun is a timely and urgent work that revises history, documents anti-Indianism, and gives voice to victims of racial violence. Navajo scholar Cheryl Redhorse Bennett reveals a lesser-known story of Navajo activism and the courageous organizers that confronted racial injustice and inspired generations. This work places these stories within a larger history, connecting historical violence in the United States to present-day hate crimes. Bennett contends that hate crimes committed against Native Americans have persisted as an extension of an "Indian hating" ideology that has existed since colonization, exposing how the justice system has failed Native American victims and families. While this book looks deeply at multiple generations of unnecessary and ongoing pain and violence, it also recognizes that this is a time of uncertainty and hope. The movement to abolish racial injustice and racially motivated violence has gained fierce momentum. Our Fight Has Just Begun shows that racism, hate speech, and hate crimes are ever present and offers recommendations for racial justice.

Weight: 633g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780816541683