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To kick-off February 2023, Your Neighborhood Scholar and the Afrikan Black Coalition have collaborated to present you with a FREE EDUCATION GUIDE on the Origins of Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Black History Month. 💭Reflect: How has the original mission, context, and political charge of Negro History Week and the life and legacy of Dr. Woodson been watered down, co-opted, commodified, and capitalized upon by individuals and institutions that have no true investment in the freedom and liberation of Afrikan/Black people?💭Reflect: Based upon the information provided in this Education Guide, what can you do to extend the educational and political mission of Dr. Carter G. Woodson? ❤️Support Us By: 🖤Visiting Your Neighborhood Scholar and making a donation💸, purchasing some merch🛍, or telling...

Directions: Click on any of the hyperlinks below to navigate directly to all of our free Education & Resource Guides.  Support YNS: Donation, Merchandise, Gift Card.   Table of Contents The Black Campus Movement The Origins of Dr. Carter G. Woodson & Black History Month Medicalized Racism & Social Determinants of Health Dehumanization, Criminalization, & Punishment of Black Children Social Construction of Race & Racism African-American Armed Resistance & Firearm Safety/Operation Join, Support & Donate to Black-Led Organizations, Initiatives, & Media  African-American Maternal Health, Birth Work, and Doulas Performative Activism

If this resource is useful, consider making a donation and/or purchasing some of our merchandise.  MEDICALIZED RACISM: THE FOLLOWING TEXTS AND AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS COVER TOPICS SUCH AS HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE OF MEDICALIZED ANTIBLACKNESS, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE, IDEOLOGIES USED TO JUSTIFY MEDICAL ABUSE OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS AND BLACK PEOPLE. MEDICAL APARTHEID BY HARRIET WASHINGTON (Youtube Lecture on Book) KILLING THE BLACK BODY BY DOROTHY ROBERTS (Youtube Lecture on Book) THE PRICE FOR THEIR POUND OF FLESH BY DAINA BERRY (Youtube Lecture on Book) MEDICAL BONDAGE BY DEIRDRE COOPER OWENS (Youtube Lecture on Book) FATAL INVENTION BY DOROTHY ROBERTS (Youtube Lecture on Book) MEDICALIZING BLACKNESS BY RANA HOGARTH (Youtube Lecture on Book) ACRES OF SKIN BY ALLEN HORNBLUM (Youtube Documentary on Book) SLAVERY AT...

If this resource is useful, consider making a donation and/or purchasing some of our merchandise.  Below are 5 critical YouTube presentations on the social construction of race and racism.  WHEN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WAS WHITE (IRA KATZNELSON) WHITE SUPREMACY, ETHNIC PROJECTS, AND THE NATIONAL IMAGINARY (VILNA BASHI TREITLER) LIBERALISM & RACIAL JUSTICE (CHARLES W. MILLS) GREATER IS THEIR SIN: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM IN THE AGE OF GENOMICS (JOSEPH L. GRAVES JR.) RACISM WITHOUT RACISTS (EDUARDO BONILLA-SILVA