Neighborhood watch : policing white spaces in America /

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Author / Creator:Fields, Shawn E., author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
©2022
Description:xi, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13126194
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ISBN:9781108840064
110884006X
9781108793506
1108793509
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book explores the private weaponization of racial fear that drives modern-day enforcement of these Black and white spaces. More than any express hatred of African Americans or desire to return to formal segregation, private white actors today react to deeply ingrained, systemic, and often unconscious racial fear of Black people who appear "out of place" in their public environment. They weaponize this racial fear in a variety of ways, including by abusing 911 to enforce formal social control via armed government agents, by trafficking in racial fear to whitewash their own misdeeds through "racial hoaxes," and by exacting vigilante justice through extrajudicial killing under the guise of self-defense and standing one's ground. Each of these approaches perverts and exploits the weapon of choice - the criminal justice system - with violent repercussions for the Black targets of this subformal apartheid. More often than not, private actors employing these methods enjoy the express or implicit support of government officials at all levels, from local police departments to state legislatures to the United States Supreme Court"--
Other form:Online version: Fields, Shawn E., Neighborhood watch Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781108878661

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