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Break the System: Susila Gurusami on Black Motherhood, Reproductive Warfare and the Limits of Reform
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with sociologist and author Susila Gurusami for a wide-ranging conversation about her book Break the System: Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition. Gurusami’s work challenges conventional ideas about incarceration, motherhood and justice by asking a fundamental question: What if the criminal legal system isn’t broken, but is functioning in ways deeply rooted in its history?
Gurusami explained that Black mothers are frequently denied the grace and presumption of innocence afforded to white mothers. Her research examines…
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