Protests erupted against the killing of black men by police in Tulsa and Charlotte. This roundup looks at research on racial violence and explains where there might be potential solutions.
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States do not record the structural violence of racism as part of crime statistics. But this invisible violence has driven some people to self-harm. It has also masked forms of suicide.
Violent cops are just playing by the rules American society has created for them. It’s time to change the rules.
Like George Washington, Colin Kaepernick is willing to sacrifice for America.
No federal database provides reliable info on deaths that occur in police custody. It’s the same situation in 48 states. But now California and Texas are offering new models of accountability.
The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” – work often largely ignored – in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
The Baltimore Police Department is found to have violated the civil rights of poor blacks. A historian explains why those findings are eerily similar to how the city treated blacks in the 1800s.
The role of police is being questioned as never before. In addition to facing increased media scrutiny, officers are being killed. What is the effect on their well-being and, in turn, on ours?
With #BlackLivesMatter and a never-ending list of African Americans being killed by police, the film ‘Do The Right Thing’ is even more relevant now than when it was released 27 years ago.
Do Americans view all youth as equally ‘innocent’? A historian takes us back to the movement that led to unequal treatment of black and white youth in the justice system.
The struggle for equal rights for black citizens in the U.S. today is backed by the promise of the 14th Amendment. A historian takes us back to the grassroots movements that led to its passage.
The movement was on the offensive. Then two men changed the game by killing cops.
Tragic and violent events are increasingly being live streamed to the world. Are we learning something from these graphic visuals – or are we wallowing in voyeurism and confirming our prejudices?
A macho culture prevails in police departments in America. The recent killing of Philando Castile serves as one example of the way racial bias and police officer machismo work together.
The men who killed police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge were black veterans. A historian explains black veterans’ long struggle to live with inequality in their military service, and back home.
From Twitter, to Facebook, to online gaming; radical groups use a vast range of tools to recruit new followers to their causes.
The Oscars have become the focus point for a huge cultural conversation about Hollywood, race, gender, inclusiveness and diversity. Should Australians care? Well, yes.
How many more black people need to die at the hands of the criminal justice system?
In 2015 Princeton University investigated President Woodrow Wilson’s legacy of prejudice. A historian looks at the widespread racism in the American progressive movement of the early 20th century.
Rather than simply shutting down these groups, universities need to engage these difficult conversations to support the younger generation to fight together for meaningful social change.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality, University of Minnesota
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor, Sociology, University of Alberta
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Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, American University School of International Service
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Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
