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"In 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the country. And so it would be--just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The election of the nation's first Black president fanned long-burning embers of white supremacy, igniting a new and frightening phase in a uniquely American cycle of racial progress and white backlash. In American Whitelash, Pulitzer-Prizewinning journalist and bestselling author Wesley Lowery...
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"Systemic racism is subtle-and perhaps more widespread than blatant racism. In a way it can be seen as a collective racial prejudice, in which White people, often unwittingly, behave in ways that harm Black people. The United States has constructed a system of law enforcement in which the races are treated unequally. Any reform of the criminal justice system must begin with an end to systemic racism"--Provided by publisher.
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"In 2013, a powerful phrase appeared for the first time on social media in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Black teen Trayvon Martin: Black Lives Matter (BLM). Many adolescents have been empowered by Black Lives Matter posts and protests to take on anti-Black violence and racism. This title . . . highlights Black and Brown voices standing up to oppressive systems. Explanatory text also allows readers to understand...
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A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all.
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"The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery!" "If you don't like it here, you should go back to Africa." "What about Black-on-Black crime?" "You're just playing the race card." There's a whole arsenal of popular "gotchas" that crop up again and again in discussions about race in America. According to the people who use them, Critical Race Theory is a dangerous threat that promotes racial hatred, and affirmative action is reverse discrimination....