racial disparities — David Jackson Ambrose

Sexual, Gender & Sexual Politic of Josephine Baker

In Unlawful Disorder (2022 Jaded Ibis Press) Bowie Long uses the exhibition of his body through dancing to reclaim his sexual identity in a room full of heterosexual men. He is using his fear of being ‘othered’ as the outsider and reclaiming his othered status through deliberate dance. This is much the same as the use of the ‘N’ word being reappropriated by African Americans to battle its historical use as a weapon by the dominant culture.

Cultural Rituals, books, carceral segregation, solitary confinement, schizophrenia treatment, racial disparitiesDavid JacksonApril 15, 2023unlawful disorder, David Jackson Ambrose, LGBTQ books, lasting effects of incarceration & post traumatic stress, mh treatment, mental illness, books on mental health, bipolar disorder, black dance, symbolism African American fiction, lambda literary award finalist

"Couch Surfing" = HOMELESS...call a thing a thing

Couch Surfing is homelessness - call a thing a thing

A Blind Eye, homelessness, racial disparities, gender disparitiesDavid JacksonMarch 2, 2022homelessness, sheltered homeless, A Blind Eye, couch surfingh, couch surfing

Haircare as a space for Healing

How haircare acts as a space for healing and political discourse in A BLIND EYE & STATE OF THE NATION

Cultural Rituals, LGBTQ, fiction, racial disparities, A Blind EyeDavid JacksonSeptember 12, 2021communities, style and beauty, barbershops, black haircare, beauty salons, a blind eye, state of the nation

Elder Care in the Asian Community

As an Asian-American, Drew does not see taking care of his grandmother as ‘eldercare’; it is just what is expected.

A Blind Eye, domestic violence, racial disparitiesDavid JacksonMay 11, 2021elder care, senior care, books, racial disparities, a blind eye, david jackson ambrose, tanzina vega, dailycaring.com, aging in place

Who's Lives Matter?

#BLM is not a terrorist or ‘Black supremacist’ terrorist cell. It is a shout out that Black people, including male and female and non binary and trans, are still being murdered in the streets by the very people that are supposed to protect us.

racial disparitiesDavid JacksonMarch 11, 2021trans women of color, Police violence, racial disparities, A Blind Eye, David Jackson Ambrose, Nizah Morris, Philadelphia, lgbtq, princess harmony rodriguez, city of brotherly love, keywest bar

Physical Restraint Techniques In Psychiatric Care

Use of restraint in treatment settings has greatly decreased over the years, but restraints continue to be a primary strategy for the control of children in care facilities. Racial biases factor in to the use of restraint for children of color. A BLIND EYE coming April 2021 (Ninestar Press)

racial disparitiesDavid JacksonMarch 5, 2021restraint, physical restraint, developmental disabilities, mental health, mental health treatment, mechanical restraints, A Blind Eye, racism, racial bias, racial disparities, income disparities, prader willi syndrome, pediatric congregate care, residential treatment facilities, RTF, mh treatment Comment

Homelessness May Not Look The Way You Think It Does

When we think of homelessness, many of us think of a male figure, but the number of women and children experiencing homelessness outnumbers that of men.

racial disparities, domestic violenceDavid JacksonFebruary 24, 2021homelessness, women and children, family homelessness, racial disparities, gender disparitiesComment

Is A Queen With No Subjects Still A Queen?

One woman’s story of poverty and survival becomes the foundation for misdirected welfare reform in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s

racial disparitiesDavid JacksonFebruary 21, 2021welfare queen, Linda Taylor, Reaganomics, conservatism, Ronald Reagan, food stamp fraud, government subsidies, female criminals, Josh Levin, The Queen, racial stereotypes, patriarchy, female promiscuity, control of the female body, control of the black body