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Unfinished business : Black women, the Black church, and the struggle to thrive in America / Keri Day.

Day, Keri.
2012
277.3083082 D274u 2012
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Title
Unfinished business : Black women, the Black church, and the struggle to thrive in America / Keri Day.
Author
Day, Keri.
ISBN
9781570759819 (pbk.)
1570759812 (pbk.)
9781608332151 (ebook)
1608332152 (ebook)
Imprint
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 180 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
277.3083082 D274u 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)788299125
(OCoLC)788299125
Summary
This portrayal of the poverty of black women in this country describes the unemployment, underemployment, isolation, and lack of assets they typically experience. The author also takes on and demolishes the common stereotypes that castigate poor black women as "morally problematic and dependent on the money of good tax-paying citizens." She then calls on the black churches to become potential agents of change and leaders in addressing the unequal social and economic structures that hold captive these poor women. The goal is to empower poor black women to develop assets that will prevent long-term poverty and allow them to flourish.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Black women's poverty revisited
Is the Black church "home" for poor Black women?
Saving poor Black women : faith-based initiatives
We too are America
Guilty until proven innocent
The unfinished business of the Poor People's Campaign : a new gender and sexual politics
A new kind of prosperity gospel
An asset-building policy approach
Building a movement to end poverty.
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