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Race Relations & Policing
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryThe Anatomy of A Rebellion: Against The Current vol. 84 Ortiz, Paul Article 2000 The first time I traveled to Los Angeles with a comrade of mine in the labor movement, I had one of those sharp educational experiences that cannot be replicated in the classroom. The Bizarre Compulsion of Black Men to "Reach for their Waistbands": Waistband-Reaching Syndrome Could Get You Killed Eskow, John Article 2014 If police accounts are to be believed, there is a bizarre urge among young, unarmed black men to provoke their own murder by "reaching for their waistbands" when cops are aiming service revolvers at t... The Black Infinity Complex Bell, Shamell Article 2015 We're a group of UCLA grad students, and our vision of the Black Infinity Complex is inspired by the boundlessness and sustainability of Black creativity and imagination. It's a collective of organize... Connexions: Volume 3, Number 6 - December 1978 - Unemployment/Chomage Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Race, Racism, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism Focus  Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on race, racism, ethnicity, multiculturalism, identity. 40 Reasons Our Jails and Prisons Are Full of Black and Poor People: It's Not Just About Crime! Quigley, Bill Article 2015 Quigley provides a list of reasons why the majority of prisoners in US jails are Black and poor people. From Ferguson to Baltimore Hansford, Justin Article 2015 Combined with racial profiling, combined with the practice of predatory profiling and predatory policing, police departments are using parking and traffic tickets as a revenue base to increase their b... Grassroots Power vs. Police Brutality: Against The Current vol. 84 Cohen, Claire Article 2000 Widespread police abuse is a long-time, normally mainly secret side of life in capitalist America, especially for minority communities. Now, in a number of cities, outrageous cases of police murders o... A history of American anti-immigrant bias, starting with Benjamin Franklin’s hatred of the Germans Merelli, Annalisa Article 2017 In the 1750s, the United States of America was not yet a country, but its trouble with immigrants already had begun. People of non-WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) descent were crossing the ocean t... Israel's Struggle Within: Against The Current vol. 113 Finkel, David Article 2004 ATC interviews Uri Davis. Moral Appeals Aren't Enough Kelley, Robin D. G. Article 2015 The wonderful thing about Black Lives Matter is that they're saying you cannot use moral suasion to win this. You've got to disrupt, and make sure that things don't work in order to make the demand fo... The Movement Has a History Abdullah, Melina Article 2015 I was born in the '70s in East Oakland. All of our parents are Panthers, or Black Power organizers, or organizers. We come out politicized. Organizing to Stop Police Brutality in Riverside, California: Organizing for Accountability: Against The Current vol. 83 Feeley, Dianne; Finkel, David Article 1999 interview with Chani Beeman. Chani Beeman is co-chair of the Riverside Coalition for Police Accountability, whose principles and mission statement can be found at their website (www.ucr. edu/ethnomus/... Our Movement Is Global: an interview with Alice Ragland Ragland, Alice Article 2015 Against the Current interviewed Alice Ragland, who has been central to organizing Black youth in Cleveland against the police murder of Tamir Rice, the 12-year old shot to death two seconds after the ... Race and Class: The Wealth Gap: Against The Current vol. 88 Miah, Malik Article 2000 Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment level in the Black community as signs of a strong economy and a future where whites and African Americans will finally have ... Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury, Glenn C., with Pamela Karlan, Tommie Shelby and Loïc Wacquant Book 2008 Glenn Loury argues that the extraordinary mass incarceration rate in the USA is not a response to rising crime rates. Instead, it is the product of a decision to become a more punitive society. He con... Rampant Racism in the Criminal Justice System Quigley, Bill Article 2010 The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. Reflections After Ferguson Hansman, Bob Article 2015 I am a white man with a Black son. I did not have or get him young and fill his head with illusions of diversity and colorblindness, the way some white parents do. I met him when he was a young teen, ... Thieving Sons of Bushes: Against The Current vol. 91 Miah, Malik Article 2001 “Never Trust a Son of Bush” was one of many signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20. Some 25,000 marched in Washington and 15,000 rallied in San Francisco... Why Black Lives Matter Is Game Change Miah, Malik Article 2015 The Cleveland Black Lives Matter Convening was a "game changer" because it made clear the Movement is long term. Whether its next step will add a call for a break with the two-party system, time and s... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesPeace Magazine Bimonthly publication focusing on peace and justice from a multi-partisan perspective. Urban Alliance on Race Relations Identify and analyze patterns of racial discrimination in Canadian institutions and systems and to act as an advocate for racial minorities in overcoming these barriers. Sources LibraryMadrid barrio expels 'racist' police patrols Jeering crowds chase away officers who try to detain immigrants Tremlett, Giles 2011 Community protests police practice of racial profiling: the protests have been dubbed the "indignant" movement. |
