Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco

by Savannah Shange

Book Overview

San Francisco is the endgame of gentrification, where racialized displacement means that the Black population of the city hovers just over 3 percent. The "Robeson Justice Academy" opened to serve the few remaining low-income neighborhoods of the city, with the mission of offering liberatory, social justice--themed education to youth of color. While it features a progressive curriculum where students read Frantz Fanon and Audre Lorde, the majority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006684
• ISBN13: 9781478006688
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"