| Description |
xliv, 179 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: From racial profiling to racial literacy : lessons of 12 angry men / Lani Guinier -- The bill of rights for black men / Bryonn Bain -- Reporting while black / Solomon Moore -- That's Joe Morgan! / Joe Morgan -- On the corner / Richard F -- Chipped away / Nii-Odoi Glover -- Just-us / Daniel K. Davis -- Notes of a naturalized son / Devon W. Carbado -- Severed ties / Kent H -- Do you live in this neighborhood? / Paul Butler -- Look homeward, angel / Joshua T. Wiley -- Not givin' in / M.K. Asante -- Stand! / King Downing. |
| Summary |
When Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was questioned by the police on the front porch of his home in an affluent section of Cambridge, many people across the country reacted with surprise and disbelief. But African American men from coast to coast experienced painful recognition; "Gatesgate" was merely the very public manifestation of a phenomenon many black men experience regularly. In Twelve Angry Men, a dozen eloquent authors tell their own personal versions of this story. Among others, we hear from a Harvard law school student who was tackled by security guards on the streets of Manhattan; a federal prosecutor who was detained while walking in his own neighborhood in Washington, D.C.; a New York Times reporter on assignment in North Carolina; a U.S. Congressman from Illinois; and, ironically, the head of the ACLU's racial profiling initiative, who was pursued by National Guardsmen after arriving on the red-eye in Boston's Logan Airport. Here we have the full spectrum of African American men sharing the predicament of being law-abiding black men in America today. By turns angry, funny, bitter, and rueful, the effect of these first-person accounts is staggering, and will open the eyes of anyone who thinks we live in a "postracial" or "color-blind" America. - Publisher. |
| Subject |
African American men -- Attitudes -- History -- 21st century.
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Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Racism -- United States.
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African American men -- Attitudes.
(OCoLC)fst00799237
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00799698
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racial profiling in law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst01086589
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Parks, Gregory, 1974-
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Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)
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| Added Title |
Twelve angry men |
| ISBN |
9781595585387 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
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1595585389 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
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9781595587718 (pbk.) |
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1595587713 (pbk.) |
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