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Pushout
- Author
- Monique W. Morris
- Narrator
- Kristyl Dawn Tift
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 21 September 2016
- Run Time
- 8 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Just sixteen percent of female students, black girls make up more than one-third of all girls with a school-related arrest. The first trade book to tell these untold stories, Pushout exposes a world of confined potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.
For four years Monique W. Morris chronicled the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged—by teachers, administrators, and the justice system—and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. Morris shows how, despite obstacles, black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities, and beyond.
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Details
- Author
- Monique W. Morris
- Narrator
- Kristyl Dawn Tift
- Duration
- 8 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 September 2016
- ISBN
- 9781515981688
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Education, Society and culture: general, Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Educational strategies and policy, Education, Urban communities, Social discrimination and equal treatment
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.Just sixteen percent of female students, black girls make up more than one-third of all girls with a school-related arrest. The first trade book to tell these untold stories, Pushout exposes a world of confined potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.For four years Monique W. Morris chronicled the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged—by teachers, administrators, and the justice system—and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. Morris shows how, despite obstacles, black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities, and beyond.
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