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Racial Justice in Rural Communities

A big blue sky and vast corn field with small tree-covered hills in the background
Figure 6.1. What do you think of when you think of rural places?

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
    1. Overview
    2. Learning Objectives
    3. Key Terms
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content Shared Previously
  2. What Is “Rural?”
    1. Why Are We Talking About Rural Spaces?
    2. Underrepresentation of Rural People of Color and Places
    3. Activity: Measurement History and Challenges
    4. Check Your Knowledge
    5. Licenses and Attributions for What Is “Rural?”
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved
  3. Media Representations of Rural
    1. Activity: Do You Live in a News Desert?
    2. The American Western
    3. Objectification and “Horrification” of the Rural
    4. The Truth About Rural America and Rural Justice
    5. Check Your Knowledge
    6. Licenses and Attributions for Media Representations of Rural
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved
  4. Rural Black America
    1. The “Black Belt” and Appalachia
    2. Activity: Black by God
    3. Racism in Rural Communities
    4. Check Your Knowledge
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Rural Black America
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  5. Migration and Immigration to Rural America
    1. Rural Hispanic and Latinx Populations
    2. Check Your Knowledge
    3. Licenses and Attributions for Migration and Immigration to Rural America
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  6. Indigenous Populations in Rural America
    1. Activity: The MMIW Movement
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Indigenous Populations In Rural America
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  7. Issues of Racial and Ethnic Justice in Rural Spaces Across the Globe
    1. Indigeneity in Rural Australia and Canada
    2. Violence and Sexual Abuse in Rural India and Africa
    3. Licenses and Attributions for Issues of Racial and Ethnic Justice in Rural Spaces Across the Globe
  8. Conclusion
    1. Discussion Questions and Chapter Resources
      1. Discussion questions
      2. Chapter resources
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Conclusion
  9. References

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