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ISBN10: 0789013932, ISBN13: 9780789013934, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0789013932, ISBN13: 9780789013934, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2001-11-26, London] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
Paperback / softback. New. So many parts of society target citizens of color for violence--what can be done? Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color examines violence from a structural perspective, including violence in prisons, schools and colleges, churches, homes, and within political/corporate structures.This unique, hard-hitting book argues that individual violence stems from the structure of our society and its institutions. Most of the contributors are African- American educators and practitioners who have a thorough understanding of structural violence. Some have experienced political violence; others have expert knowledge of structural violence within the criminal justice system, educational institutions, and elsewhere--even in churches and homes. Their writings are undeniably, unflinchingly authentic--it is impossible not to be moved and enraged by what they have to say. The good news is that in addition to calling attention to the structural violence in our society they provide excellent insights on how the situation might be resolved.Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color shows: that much of the violence within the criminal justice system stems from decisions made at the highest levels of government that minority offenders are much more frequently convicted and more harshly sentenced than their white counterparts how cultural racism contributes to the construction of motives for lynching, hate crime, and police violence against Americans of color such a ...
ISBN10: 0789013932, ISBN13: 9780789013934, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2001-11-26, London] Softcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0789013932, ISBN13: 9780789013934, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0789013932, ISBN13: 9780789013934, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Like New [liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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