Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Introduction. Goddam, Goddam, Goddam 1
4. 1 Say Her Name: Policing Is Violence 32
5. 2 The Caged Bird Sings: The Criminal Punishment System 70
6. 3 Up against the Wind: Intracommunal Violence 113
7. 4 Violability Is a Preexisting Condition: Dying in the Medical Industrial Complex 150
8. 5 Unlivable: The Deadly Consequences of Poverty 181
9. 6 They Say I’m Hopeless 206
10. 7 We Were Not Meant to Survive 226
11. Epilogue. A Letter to Ma’Khia Bryant 235
12. Acknowledgments 243
13. Notes 247
14. Selected Bibliography 301
15. Index 313