Racialization in the War on Terror: Aziz Highlights America’s Racial-Religious Hierarchy
In a racialized society, the securitized gaze of the state extends even to religious minorities in gatekeeping whiteness.
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Featured Review
Explore select racial justice titles through long-form reviews.
Featured Reviews consider how a title exposes racist systems and inequities or proposes means of dismantling them. These important works from valuable perspectives are of use to undergraduates, faculty, and anyone interested in learning more about racism and racial inequalities.
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Contending with America’s Original Sin: Jonathan Scott Holloway Traces African Americans’ Complicated History
Even many years after abolition, the horror of chattel slavery continues to leave a lasting mark on American society.
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Navigating the Spatial Complexities of Race: Elijah Anderson Exposes the Dangers of Daily Interactions
Anderson spotlights the complex politics that Black people must navigate in spaces that are predominantly populated by white people.
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Conceptualizing Humane Immigration: Recognizing Borders as Violent Tools of Racial Ordering
Harsha Walia problematizes claims that borders and walls keep nations safe, revealing the complex ways in which they actually reify colonial relationships of exploitation.
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The Indomitable Fannie Lou Hamer: A New Biography Chronicles Her Lifelong Struggle for Justice
Kate Clifford Larson renders a touching portrait of Hamer as a truly organic intellectual and charismatic leader who championed women's rights, voting rights, and equality for all.
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More than a Slogan: Derecka Purnell Champions Meaningful Commitment to Abolition and Social Justice
Though some may fear the insecurity of a society without police, Purnell challenges readers to consider measures that will foster both peace and justice.
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Resistance That Is Not Passive: A History of Nonviolence in the Struggle for Equality
Siracusa charts the legacy of nonviolence, leading up to its use as a prominent political tool in the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Quest for Equality Is Ongoing: Holt Reveals a More Nuanced Civil Rights Movement
Bringing together often overlooked stories and points of connection, this volume reveals a more nuanced portrait of organizing efforts for civil rights.
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Imagined Digital Communities: Bailey Reconstitutes Harmful Digital Ecologies as Spaces of Transformation
Probing the negative digital discourse directed toward Black women and nonbinary individuals online, Bailey examines how those individuals reconfigure such harmful messages into digital resistance against anti-Blackness and misgony.
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Reclaiming Rebellion: A Deep Dive into African American Resistance to State Violence
Hinton challenges the prevailing notion of blaming victims when riots emerge against police and state violence and instead urges readers to view these rebellions as calls to fix a broken system.
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The Right to Bear Arms, but Not for All: Anderson Uncovers the Second Amendment’s Racist Legacy
Constitutional interpretations of the Second Amendment have consistently disadvantaged African Americans, leaving them more vulnerable to violence.
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Decentering Whiteness and Uplifting Black Voices: “The 1619 Project” Reclaims American History
Based on the newspaper project, this new book reimagines the standard American history curriculum by reexploring pivotal historical events from the perspective of Black Americans.
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