Don't Go

Auteur

Tonika Lewis Johnson is a photographer and multi-media artist, and creator of the Folded Map Project. She is recipient of the 2024 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and one of Chicago Magazine's 2017 Chicagoans of the Year.

Maria Krysan is LAS Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago, and co-author of the multiple award-winning book Cycle of Segregation.

Texte du rabat

Multiple times a day, in cities across the US and beyond, a simple yet powerful message is repeated by the well-meaning, the ill-informed, and the bigoted: "don't go" - avoid at all costs those Black and Brown disinvested neighborhoods that have become bywords for social disorder and urban decay. This book is a collection of intimate stories and evocative photos that uncover the hidden influence of both subtle and overt "don't go" messages and the segregation they perpetuate in Chicago. Told by everyday people to Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan - a Black artist and a White academic who met through their shared passion for anti-segregation work - the stories paint a rich picture of life in a segregated city. One by one, the storytellers upend pessimism with candid, deeply personal, humorous, and heartbreaking tales, and with novel ideas for simple actions that can serve as antidotes to both racism and "place-ism." By inviting readers into the lives of regular people who have ignored the warning to stay away from "don't go" neighborhoods or who live in those very same neighborhoods, the stories in Don't Go illuminate the devastating consequences of racial segregation and disinvestment as well as the inevitable rewards of coming together.

Contenu

Foreword - Mary Schmich

What This Book Is About

Tonika's Story

Maria's Story

The Story of "Don't Go" - Tonika + Maria's Story

The Sociologist's Notebook

Section 1: Fear

Grandma's No Go Zone - Adrianne's Story

Adventures of a White Dude - Jerry's Story

Dear Grandma - Jeff's Story

Context is Everything - Aleya's Story

Trains, Robbers, and Coffee - Soren's Story

Fulfilling Prophecies - Danica's Story

Reflections on Stories of Fear

Section 2: Messengers

Let's Get Something on the Books - Joey's Story

Racist Worms - Eva's Story

Following the Pack - Tom's Story

Glitter - Zachary's Story

At the Center of Everything - Katherine's Story

Reflections on the Messengers

Section 3: Shortcuts

What Am I Supposed To Say? - Jenny's Story

Harmful Mundane/Helpful Mundane - Sara's Story

The City Doesn't Eat You Alive - Becky's Story

The Bubbles - Halle's Story

Rent a White Lady - Caroline's Story

Whistling While You Segregate - Jamaine's Story

Reflections on Shortcuts

Section 4: From Hurt to Healing

Accordingly - Leslie's Story

Engineering Change - Tiana's Story

From Mad Max to Lady Dates - Kristine's Story

Curiosity Passports - Roberto's Story

Questions and Answers - Amy's Story

Saying No to Hate - Jenny S's Story

Jumping Rope - Dominic's Story

Reflections on From Hurt to Healing

Section 5: Taking a Step to Take One More

Talking

Feeling

Acting