Shahrazad Ali

Shahrazad Ali

Shahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an African-American author, responsible for books such as "The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman" ["sic"] , "Are You Still a Slave?" and "How Not to Eat Pork (Or Life without the Pig)", all of which are heavily influenced by her belief in Faradian Islam and membership in the Nation of Islam, which owns Civilized Publications, the company that publishes her books. She is at the forefront of what scholars call reactionary Black nationalism and has come under heavy criticism for her scholarship, despite flaunting her insight and research into human relationships, and her belief that a man has the right to discipline a woman—going as far as slapping her on the mouth—no matter how strong or liberated she is. Ali has appeared on many talk shows in the United States, where she defends her beliefs and her controversial books.

elected bibliography

* "How Not to Eat Pork (Or Life without the Pig)", 1985 (ISBN 0933405006)
* "The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman", 1989 (ISBN 0933405014)
* "The Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackman", 1992 (ISBN 0933405030)
* "Are You Still a Slave?" 1994 (ISBN 0933405049)
* "Day by Day", 1996 (ISBN 0933405057)

Links

* [http://perso.orange.fr/centralparkattacks/ref11.html Reactionary Black Nationalism: Authoritarianism in the Name of Freedom (a scholarly article with many typographical errors)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzIZVgkxNY Shahrazad Ali interviewed by Sally Jesse Raphaël]


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