A scholar on racism weighs in on a recent court decision that upheld a school’s decision to punish a Black male student for wearing his hair in long locs.
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As a researcher focussed on African, Afro-Caribbean and Black families’ schooling experiences, I appeal to school staff to understand the importance of the school-family-community partnership.
Research on racism and policing in the US, explained by the experts who study it.
The camera has long been used to defy a media landscape steeped in negative portrayals of Black families.
The image of Black men in the US is distorted by the media and selective academic studies, says a scholar who has studied Black men’s romantic lives. ‘Black love matters’ is his counter to that image.
As the country reels from a series of killings of Black men by the police, two scholars report that their research shows that stops by police of Black men can hurt their families.
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Professor of Social Work, University of Louisville
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
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PhD candidate (ABD) and researcher, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professor of History, Clark University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Professor in the Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Urban Education, American University
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Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
