Introduction: no turning back = 1
I. African Americans and the new racism
1. Why black sexual politics? = 25
2. The past is ever present: recognizing the new racism = 53
3. Prisons for our bodies, closets for our minds: racism, heterosexism, and black sexuality = 87
II. Rethinking black gender ideology
4. Get your freak on: sex, babies, and images of black femininity = 119
5. Booty call: sex, violence, and images of black masculinity = 149
6. Very necessary: redefining black gender ideology = 181
III. Toward a progressive black sexual politics
7. Assume the position: the changing contours of sexual violence = 215
8. No storybook romance: how race and gender matter = 247
9. Why we can't wait: black sexual politics and the challenge of HIV/AIDS = 279
Afterword: the power of a free mind = 303
I. African Americans and the new racism
1. Why black sexual politics? = 25
2. The past is ever present: recognizing the new racism = 53
3. Prisons for our bodies, closets for our minds: racism, heterosexism, and black sexuality = 87
II. Rethinking black gender ideology
4. Get your freak on: sex, babies, and images of black femininity = 119
5. Booty call: sex, violence, and images of black masculinity = 149
6. Very necessary: redefining black gender ideology = 181
III. Toward a progressive black sexual politics
7. Assume the position: the changing contours of sexual violence = 215
8. No storybook romance: how race and gender matter = 247
9. Why we can't wait: black sexual politics and the challenge of HIV/AIDS = 279
Afterword: the power of a free mind = 303