Black sexual politics: African Americans, gender, and the new racism

Introduction: no turning back

I. African Americans and the new racism

Why black sexual politics?

The past is ever present: recognizing the new racism

Prisons for our bodies, closets for our minds: racism, heterosexism, and black sexuality

II. Rethinking black gender ideology

Get your freak on: sex, babies, and images of black femininity

Booty call: sex, violence, and images of black masculinity

Very necessary: redefining black gender ideology

III. Toward a progressive black sexual politics

Assume the position: the changing contours of sexual violence

No storybook romance: how race and gender matter

Why we can't wait: black sexual politics and the challenge of HIV/AIDS

Afterword: the power of a free mind.