Introduction 1

I. Reconceptualizing Antiviolence Strategies

1. Rethinking Antiviolence Strategies: Lessons from the Black Women's Movement in Britain / Julia Sudbury 13

2. Disability in the New World Order / Nirmala Erevelles 25

3. Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime / Sarah Deer 32

4. Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy / Dorothy Roberts 42

5. The Color of Choice: White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice / Loretta J. Ross 53

6. Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pilars of White Supremacy: Rethinking Women of Color Organizing / Andrea Smith 66

7. A Call for Consistency: Palestinian Resistance and Radical US Women of Color / Nadine Naber 74

II. Forms of Violence

8. The Color of Violence / Hauani-Kay Trask 81

9. Four Generations in Resistance / Dana Erekat 88

10. The War to Be Human / Becoming Human in a Time of War / Neferti Tadiar 92

11. The Forgotten "-ism": An Arab American Women's Perspective on Zionism, Racism, and Sexism / Nadine Naber, Eman Desouky, and Lina Baroudi for Arab Women's Solidarity Association, San Francisco Chapter 97

12. Relections in a Time of War: A Letter to My Sisters / Dena Al-Adeeb 113

13. Don't Liberate Me / S. R. 118

14. "National Security" and the Violation of Women: Militarized Border Rape at the US-Mexico Border / Sylvanna Falcón 119

15. The Complexities of "Feminicide" on the Border / Rosa Linda Fregoso 130

16. INS Raids and How Immigrant Women are Fighting Back / Renee Saucedo 135

17. Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color / Andrea J. Ritchie 138

18. Crime, Punishment, and Economic Violence / Patricia Allard 157

19. Pomo Woman, Ex-Prisoner, Speaks Out / Stormy Ogden 164

20. The War Against Black Women, and the Making of NO! / Aishah Simmons 170

21. Medical Violence Against People of Color and the Medicalization of Domestic Violence / Ana Clarissa Rojas Durazo 179

III. Building Movement

22. Unite and Rebel! Challenges and Strategies in Building Alliances / Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez 191

23. Sistas Makin' Moves: Collective Leadership for Personal Transformation and Social Justice / Sista II Sista 196

24. Disloyal to Feminism: Abuse of Survivors within the Domestic Violence Shelter System / Emi Koyama 208

25. Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex / Critical Resistance and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 223

26. Trans Action for Social and Economic Justice / TransJustice 227

27. "The Personal is the Private is the Cultural": South Asian Women Organizing Against Domestic Violence / Puneet Kuar Chawla Sahota 231

28. An Antiracist Christian Ethical Approach to Violence Resistance / Traci C. West 243

29. Taking Risks: Implementing Grassroots Community Accountability Strategies / Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) 250

30. poems on trying to love without fear / maiana minahal 267

Endnotes and Works Cited 270

Index 305

About the Contributors 321

Color of Violence

The INCITE! Anthology