This powerful book on racism in the United States argues that a
threatening narrative originating in slavery continues to link
Black people to inferiority, dangerousness, and crime, causing them
to be presumed guilty by society and U.S. legal systems. Why are
Black people stopped, arrested, and shot by police at such a high
rate? Why are they portrayed in the media as gangbangers and urban
thugs? D. Marvin Jones writes that the problem of race lies in the
way Blackness has been inextricably knotted together in our culture
with presumptions. In the era of segregation this was a presumption
of inferiority, but in our era, it is primarily a presumption of
dangerousness or criminality. In chapters on slavery, urban spaces,
the drug war, media portrayals, and white spaces, he shows how the
presumption of guilt continues to shape the treatment of Black
people in the United States. Arguing that this presumption is not
simply a matter of hate on the part of individuals, but instead a
social process linked to a widely shared racial ideology, The
Presumption points out the continuation of racial caste in the U.S.
as a crisis for democracy and provides a blueprint for a kind of
second Reconstruction.
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Authors: |
D Marvin Jones
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4408-6771-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4408-6771-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781440867712 |
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