Opinion | Brittney Cooper: 'The gospel of neoliberalism is a gospel of choices. But for black Americans — especially black women — this gospel is a lie.' - NBCNewsTHINK
The idea was that our bodies literally age more quickly than white bodies, putting both ourselves and the babies we carry at risk of premature death.
The idea that the choices and accomplishments that I worked so hard to achieve might be the things preventing me from having the personal and lifestyle choices that I wanted is devastating. Because my single mother preached her own Southern, black, Christian version of this gospel of neoliberalism sermon for the entirety of my childhood, I did make excellent choices, reminded as I always was, that “Baby, the only person who you can control is you.” I was particularly obsessed with avoiding premature parenthood, so much so that I treated sex a contagion, whose influence would spread and engulf my life if I came into contact with it even one time.
Neoliberal thinking can make you feel like you are in charge of your own destiny. It can make you believe that through sheer strength of will and good choices alone, you can rule your own world.
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