Heather

“adopting and performing masculinity, playing on conventional ideas about femininity and protection, employing violence, and creating mutually beneficial relationships and alliances with a host of urbanites”
― LeShawn Harris

“Games of chance fell outside the boundaries of urban reformers’ definitions of respectable labor and amusement”
― LaShawn Harris

“With its flexible and fluid structure, the informal labor sector offered employment and economic opportunities that complemented black women’s desire to secure occupational mobility”
― LeShawn Harris

“African American women actively contested white constructions of black female labor.”
― LeShawn Harris