We’ll Deal with it Later: African Nova Scotian Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of the Police

Jessica T Bundy

doi:10.29173/cjs29473

We’ll Deal with it Later: African Nova Scotian Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of the Police

Authors

Jessica T Bundy University of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cjs29473

Keywords:

Black, African Canadians, African Nova Soctians, Motherhood, Mothers, Police, Perceptions

Abstract

This case study explores the experiences of African Nova Scotian women in relation to the police. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with Black women living in a rural Nova Scotian community with a well-documented history of confrontations between the police and the Black community. Interviews explored their experiences with the police, their community’s experiences with the police, and their relationship with the police. My analysis revealed that participants did not trust the police, felt targeted by the police, and did not feel protected by the police. Their perceptions of the police were shaped by their own interactions with the police – often as Black mothers – and the experiences of the Black men in their lives in rural Nova Scotia. Some had engaged in active resistance and protection of their community. This article explores how anti-Blackness affects Black women directly and indirectly, contributing to the existing scholarship about over-policing of Black communities.

Author Biography

Jessica T Bundy, University of Toronto

Jessica Bundy is a PhD student at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto.

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Published

2019-12-29

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 4 (2019): Special Issue: African Canadians, Gender, and Sexuality/ Édition spéciale: Les afro-canadiens, le genre et la sexualité

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