Pushout, Monique W. Morris
Pushout, Monique W. Morris
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Pushout
The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Author: Monique W. Morris

Narrator: Kristyl Dawn Tift

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/21/2016


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.

About Monique W. Morris

Monique W. Morris, cofounder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, is the author of several books, including Pushout and Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century. Her work has been featured by NPR, the New York Times, MSNBC, Essence, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Education Week, and others. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bianca on June 19, 2016

Whatever you're doing.... Whatever you're reading... Stop and go get this book. I suppose I may be biased. I went to public schools that seemed to value adhering to a dress code more than educating children and so the bite of this book feels especially real. Monique Morris doesn't just paint a pictur......more

Goodreads review by Ashleigh on March 30, 2016

Required reading for all educators and policy makers. Review to come.......more

Goodreads review by Charlene on February 22, 2017

I am not sure how to review this book. There were a few things that bothered me, but drawing attention to them would draw attention away from the main message. And the main message is essential for any educator, policy maker, tax payer, or human being to understand. The truth of the matter is that i......more

Goodreads review by Christina on July 28, 2017

Monique W. Morris has done it again. A while back I had the pleasure of reviewing her first book, Black Stats. And as much as Black Stats was extensively researched and illuminating, Pushout has gone above and beyond. This book is a call to action, and now I need to get the work. To read the rest of......more

Goodreads review by Rose on October 08, 2016

It was a surreal experience to look up from this book to see the black girls in my classroom demonstrating exactly what Morris describes. I appreciated her incorporation of critical race theory--double consciousness, internalized racism--as well as feminist theory in addressing the often-overlooked......more