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power and, 198, 221, 224–28
sexual abuse, 131
sexuality
erotic power, 77–78, 216–27
safe sex, 167, 180, 182
STRONGBLACKWOMAN image and, 97–98
“trickin,” 77–78, 198–202, 204–206, 216–27
see also reproductive choice
sexual revolution, 167
sexy sistas, 17
Shabazz, Betty, 105–6
Shakur, Tupac, 54, 80, 102, 166
Shange, Ntozake, 17–22, 24–25
Simpson, O. J., 54, 118
single parents, 53, 71, 122–23, 161–166, 169
Sir Mix-A-Lot videos, 78
skin color, 78, 110
slavery, 60, 71, 93–95, 96, 99, 119, 140
Smith, Ralph, 178
Snoop Doggy Dogg, 68–69, 72
social Darwinism, 209
somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff (Shange), 24–25
SOUTHERNBELLE (SB) image, 95–97, 98
standards, 147–50, 151
Steinem, Gloria, 135–36
Stephney, Bill, 168–70, 173–74, 176
stereotypes
of black feminism, 55–57
of blacks, 95
patriarchal, 56, 175
sexual, 97–98
STRONGBLACKWOMAN, 99–100
STRONGBLACKWOMAN (SBW) image, 85–111
black female icons and, 105–8
chickenheads versus, 186
dangers of, 101–7
ENDANGEREDBLACKMEN and, 144–45, 146–47
independence and, 209
pain and, 89–92, 103, 106–7, 119–20
precedents for, 93–101
recovery from, 85–92, 104–5, 108–11, 146–53
self-esteem and, 90, 109–11
sexuality and, 97–98
SOUTHERNBELLE image versus, 95–97, 98
stereotypes of, 99–100
substance abuse, see alcoholism; drug abuse
suicide, 17–22, 73, 102–4
Sun-Ra, 25
Terrell, Mary Church, 36
Thomas, Clarence, 54
Till, Emmett, 132
“trickin,” 77–78, 198–202, 204–6, 216–27
trust, 75, 146, 151–52
Truth, Sojourner, 36
Tubman, Harriet, 37, 93–94, 105–6
Tyson, Mike, 54, 118
unemployment, 120
Vanzant, Iyanla, 105
victim role, 59, 60–61, 78–79
violence, 22, 55, 61, 106–7, 120, 122, 162
Central Park Jogger case, 31–33, 38–46
rap music and, 68–69
voting rights, 59
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan), 117–120
Walker, Alice, 37
Wallace, Michele, 65, 93, 98–101
Washington, Booker T., 210
welfare, 168–69, 177
Wells, Ida B., 36, 54
Williams, Vanessa, 107–8
Wu-Tang Clan, 88–89
Yo Yo, 199
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When chickenheads come home to roost : my life as a hip-hop feminist / Joan Morgan.
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1. Morgan, Joan. 2. Afro-American women—Biography. 3. Feminists—United States—Biography. 4. Afro-American women—Social conditions. 5. Afro-American—Civil rights. I. Title. II. Title: When chickenheads come home to roost.
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Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. from Acts of Faith by Iyanla Vanzant.
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