Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women

Name: Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women
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ISBN: 9781136423598

ISBN-10: 1136423591

ISBN-13: 9781136423598

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tanya Telfair Sharpe

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Inner-city black women open their hearts to share the pain of crack addiction and its consequences 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. In their own words, poor black womennameless, faceless, and marginalized by povertyshare 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. These candid interviews expose the socioeconomic changes in inner-city neighborhoods that created the perfect conditions…

Book details

Publisher: Routledge
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 268