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Jenn M. Jackson

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Jenn Jackson is the author of BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US (Penguin Random House, 2024) and POLICING BLACKNESS (expected 2026). Their work rests at the intersections of Blackness, gender, sexuality, policing, and social movements. They are a contributor at Yes! Magazine focused on politics, queer and trans rights, and building free Black futures. Their writing has appeared at The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Teen Vogue, Essence, The Root, Ebony, and Bitch magazines, among others.

Their newsletter, Love Notes, can be found at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com.

Jackson is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University and holds a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago.
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“When examined over time, it becomes clear that Black women continue to confront the true nature of this society despite the risks to themselves.”
Jenn M. Jackson, Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

“we cannot divorce capitalism from race, nor can we divorce our struggle against racism from our struggle against capitalism. Every financial crisis is a racial crisis as well.”
Jenn M. Jackson, Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

“Accountability is about harm acknowledgment, harm reduction, and healing justice. Acknowledging the harm means that we must first be able to tell the truth about what has transpired.”
Jenn M. Jackson, Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

“we cannot divorce capitalism from race, nor can we divorce our struggle against racism from our struggle against capitalism. Every financial crisis is a racial crisis as well.”
Jenn M. Jackson, Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

“Black women taught us how to listen and work. It’s time we do both.”
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“Racism is rooted in law. It is embedded in every institution in this land. It is all around us all the time and it orders all of society.”
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“Black women take on immense risk when we choose to speak, write, and champion the truth despite a societal commitment to misremembering, watering down, and whitewashing history.”
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“The fact of the matter is: There is enough room for all of us. There is enough freedom for all of us. There is enough justice and enough love for all of us. And, when we begin to forget that, we start to reinscribe the same systems that we seek to destroy.”
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