Marcus Board, Jr's "Invisible Weapons"

Marcus Board Jr. is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Georgetown University. His research focuses on Black radical traditions, Black feminist theories of power, and social justice movements.

Board applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Invisible Weapons: Infiltrating Resistance and Defeating Movements, and reported the following:

Page 99 shows two tables, with Table 3.4 titled “Low Self-Efficacy and Public Support for the Political Status Quo” and Table 3.5 titled “Low Self-Efficacy 3rd and 4th Quartiles and Public Support for the Political Status Quo by Race and Gender”. Below these tables is a description of Figure 3.7, which “is reporting the relative frequencies of each group, but distinguishes the data across gender and within racial groups.” Then I make some pointed observations of the findings, which I discuss below.

In short, page 99 gives a great idea of Invisible Weapons - the Test works amazingly for me.

On page 99, I’m using data and showing racial and gender differences in people both supporting the government while also having the least amount of belief in their ability to get the government to respond to their needs. I highlight the strange breakdown that has very few white people, but plenty of Latino and Black people. I also challenge the ability of quantitative data to tell a full story, alluding to the subsequent qualitative and case study analyses.

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--Marshal Zeringue