Publisher's Synopsis
Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of racism that is embedded through laws within society or an organization. It can lead to such issues as discrimination in criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power, and education, among other issues. Institutional racism can have harmful effects on people, especially on students in school where it is prominent.
What a passionate exchange at a protest for civil rights tells us about the performance of Black masculinity as sincere investment in the Black community.
This book discusses chattel slavery, Jim Crow, the Prison Industrial Complex, The Pipeline to Prison, and the economic peonage of African Americans from 1865 to the present day. It also discusses Black masculinity in an American, 21st century context.
