Black geographies in the wake: The afterlives of difference and the possibilities of reproductive justice

Abstract The 2024 U.S. election has resulted in an outpouring of public mourning among those who believed they could ‘fix’ the country through policy or government interventions. Yet, we have been watching a systematic dismantling of rights‐based citizenship since the mid‐twentieth century. Using a Black geographies framework, in conversation with feminist geographies, Black feminisms, and environmental justice scholarship, the paper addresses the present predicament in terms of barriers to reproducing life for Black people. We also explore the liberatory possibilities in this moment as informed by Black spatial histories. We use the example of traditional midwifery practices to show we might re‐imagine Black futures and a world built on relationality over spatial fixes.