Bearing the Legacy of Social Change: A Theory of Gender Roles Among the Inner-City Poorlbr />lli> Gender Role Originslbr />lli> Slavery and Gender Roleslbr />lli> Segregation and Gender Roles: Significance of the Sharecropping Systemlbr />lli> The Desegregation Era: Proliferation of a Ghetto Subculture and Increased Gender Role Tensionlbr />lli> Late-Century Changes in Social Policy: 1980s and 1990slbr />lli> Analysis of the Influence of Crack on Gender Roleslbr />lli> Chapter 3. The Social and Economic Precursors of Crack Use in Inner Citieslbr />lli> Crack Use and Womenlbr />lli> Crack Use and Pregnancylbr />lli> Crack Use and Motherhoodlbr />lli> The Atlanta Crack Scenelbr />lli> Chapter 2. Cole)lbr />lli> Acknowledgmentslbr />lli> Introductionlbr />lli> Chapter 1.
But which one it is, I donarsquo,t know who.a#0148,l/i>lbr />lbr />Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women examines:lbr />lul>lli> why poor black women addicted to crack are disproportionately at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, and unplanned pregnancieslbr />lli> how the social and economic characteristics of poor black communities support crack distribution and consumptionlbr />lli> how crack use and the exchange of sex for crack damages struggling black familieslbr />lli> why the care of many children is entrusted to child welfare agencieslbr />lli> how and why women are marginalized in the crack culturel/ul>Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women is an insightful and enlightening look at the motivations behind the decision to risk illness, injury, disease, death, and pregnancy to support addiction. There are a few (men) that I had sex with around the time I got pregnanta#0151,that day. lbr />lbr />li>a#0147,The baby I am carrying now, I donarsquo,t know who the father is. The women interviewed reflect this negative image, exchanging sex for crack on a regular basis to support their addictions at the risk-and reality-of unplanned pregnancies. This unique book reveals the sex-for-crack barter system as evidence of a long-term social exclusion and systemic racism that has worked to destroy the self-image of poor black American women.
lbr />lbr />Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women places crack addiction, crack-related prostitution and its consequences, STDs, HIV, and pregnancy into the context of the larger social issues of inner-city poverty, race, gender, and class.
These candid interviews expose the socioeconomic changes in inner-city neighborhoods that created the perfect conditions for a crack stronghold, the crack cocaine economy's impact on the lives of inner-city residents, and the social and familial consequences of crack addiction among poor, black women. In their own words, poor black womena#0151,nameless, faceless, and marginalized by povertya#0151,share the details of their lives before and after crack cocaine invaded their communities, each recalling the circumstances of her introduction to the drug and her first experience using sex to support her addiction. Inner-city black women open their hearts to share the pain of crack addiction and its consequenceslbr />lbr /> Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women documents an American tragedy that highlights the widening gap between social and economic classes.
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