The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-Incarceration
Book Review: The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-Incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) by Alex Mikulich, Laurie Cassidy, and Margaret Pfeil Alex Mikulich, Laurie Cassidy, … Continue reading
Ferguson, Missouri and Racism Without Racists
A year ago I read a book by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva called Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America. This was assigned reading in a … Continue reading
The Ferguson Syllabus: A Reading List on Racial Injustice
I noticed that a group called Sociologists for Justice has formed in response to the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Their website says: We are an independent collective of sociologists … Continue reading
Freedom Summer by Bruce Watson
Book Review: Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy (Penguin Books, 2010) by Bruce Watson This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In … Continue reading
