Policing black bodies / Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hattery, Angela, author.

Smith, Earl, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

African Americans.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.

Discrimination in law enforcement.

African Americans--Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2018.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Summary:

From Trayvon Martin to Freddie Gray, the stories of police violence against Black people are too often in the news. In Policing Black Bodies Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith make a compelling case that the policing of Black bodies goes far beyond these individual stories of brutality. They connect the regulation of African American people in many settings, including the public education system and the criminal justice system, into a powerful narrative about the myriad ways Black bodies are policed. Policing Black Bodies goes beyond chronicling isolated incidents of injustice to look at the broader systems of inequality in our society—how they're structured, how they harm Black people, and how we can work for positive change. The book discusses the school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration and the prison boom, the unique ways Black women and trans people are treated, wrongful convictions and the challenges of exoneration, and more. Each chapter of the book opens with a true story, explains the history and current state of the issue, and looks toward how we can work for change. The book calls attention to the ways class, race, and gender contribute to injustice, as well as the perils of colorblind racism—that by pretending not to see race we actually strengthen, rather than dismantle, racist social structures. Policing Black Bodies is a powerful call to acknowledge injustice and work for change.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Setting the stage

Urban riots and protests

Mass incarceration

School to prison pipeline

The prison industrial complex

Policing black women's bodies

Policing trans bodies

Police killings of unarmed black men

Wrongful convictions and exoneration

Intersectionality, color blind racism, and a call to action

Appendix A: High profile police shootings of black men and the outcome

Appendix B: Resources for readers

Selected bibliography

Index

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 06, 2020).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40217-6

1-4422-7696-7

OCLC:

1009072448