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True true / by Hooper, Don P.,author.(CARDINAL)874111;
This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year-on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels like it's a different world entirely compared to Gil's predominately Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn. If it weren't for the partial scholarship, the school's robotic program and the chance for a better future, Gil wouldn't have even considered going. Then after a racist run-in with the school's golden boy on the first day ends in a fight that leaves only Gil suspended, Gil understands the truth about his new school-Augustin may pay lip service to diversity, but that isn't the same as truly accepting him and the other Black students as equal. But Gil intends to leave his mark on Augustin anyway. If the school isn't going to carve out a space for him, he will carve it out for himself. Using Sun Tzu's The Art of War as his guide, Gil wages his own clandestine war against the racist administration, parents and students, and works with the other Black students to ensure their voices are finally heard. But the more enmeshed Gil becomes in school politics, the more difficult it becomes to balance not only his life at home with his friends and family, but a possible new romance with a girl he'd move mountains for. In the end, his war could cost him everything he wants the most.Grades 7-9.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Social problem fiction.; School fiction.; Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Preparatory schools; Schools; Racism; Jamaican Americans; African Americans; Racism.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.(CARDINAL)867736;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year--2017--in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."--
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination; Black Canadians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Being Black in America's schools : a student-educator-reformers call for change / by Fuller, Brian Rashad,author.(CARDINAL)897264; Tubman, Abdul P.,writer of foreword.;
"In a polarizing and racially divided America, what do children of color learn about themselves before they even go to school? How do they see themselves and is that image only exacerbated by spending twelve years in a public education system that perpetuates negative stereotypes? Brian Rashad Fuller personally knows that the impact of low expectations can be devastating, as proved by the "school to prison" pipeline that so many students have experienced. He aims to make a difference in this humanizing and very personal portrayal of what it means to be Black in America's schools. As a Black man who has spent his life as a student and an educator, Brian shares his own story of navigating the world, overcoming his family struggles, and eventually entering an educational system that he believes is inherently racist, damaging, and disserving. He exposes the challenges Black students face in elite and predominantly white universities and spaces, dissects "Black exceptionalism" in the schooling experience, and offers a firsthand account of the emotional and psychological impact made by teachers, administrators, policies, practices, lessons, and student interactions. Most Americans are looking for answers on how to improve our education system - as illustrated by the critical race theory debate - but have not fully understood the lived Black experience, until now. With powerful insight into a thoroughly American institution, Brian offers present-day solutions, and liberating hope, for a centuries-long issue, as well as a galvanizing and radical step forward. It is a book essential to our challenging times."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Education; Black people; African American youth.; African American students.; Exceptionalism; African Americans.; Critical race theory.; Racism; Critical race theory.; Racism.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Money Rock [kit] A Family's Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South by Kelley, Pam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282).Meet Money Rock. He's young. He's charismatic. He's generous, often to a fault. He's one of Charlotte's most successful cocaine dealers, and that's what first prompted veteran reporter Pam Kelley to craft this riveting social history--by turns action-packed, uplifting, and tragic--of a striving African American family, swept up and transformed by the 1980s cocaine epidemic. The saga begins in 1963 when a budding civil rights activist named Carrie gives birth to Belton Lamont Platt, eventually known as Money Rock, in a newly integrated North Carolina hospital. Pam Kelley takes readers through a shootout that shocks the city, a botched FBI sting, and a trial with a judge known as "Maximum Bob." When the story concludes more than a half century later, Belton has redeemed himself. But three of his sons have met violent deaths and his oldest, fresh from prison, struggles to make a new life in a world where the odds are stacked against him. This gripping tale, populated with characters both big-hearted and flawed, shows how social forces and public policies--racism, segregation, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration--help shape individual destinies. Money Rock is a deeply American story, one that will leave readers reflecting on the near impossibility of making lasting change, in our lives and as a society, until we reckon with the sins of our past.
Subjects: Biographies.; Platt, Belton Lamont.; Criminals; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Drug dealers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Race, nation, and empire in American history / by Campbell, James T.(CARDINAL)208806; Guterl, Matthew Pratt,1970-(CARDINAL)309619; Lee, Robert G.,1947-(CARDINAL)684145;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Imperialism; Racism; Nationalism; Globalization; Racism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Money Rock : a family's story of cocaine, race, and ambition in the new South / by Kelley, Pamela Sue,1959-author.(CARDINAL)783735;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282).Meet Money Rock. He's young. He's charismatic. He's generous, often to a fault. He's one of Charlotte's most successful cocaine dealers, and that's what first prompted veteran reporter Pam Kelley to craft this riveting social history--by turns action-packed, uplifting, and tragic--of a striving African American family, swept up and transformed by the 1980s cocaine epidemic. The saga begins in 1963 when a budding civil rights activist named Carrie gives birth to Belton Lamont Platt, eventually known as Money Rock, in a newly integrated North Carolina hospital. Pam Kelley takes readers through a shootout that shocks the city, a botched FBI sting, and a trial with a judge known as "Maximum Bob." When the story concludes more than a half century later, Belton has redeemed himself. But three of his sons have met violent deaths and his oldest, fresh from prison, struggles to make a new life in a world where the odds are stacked against him. This gripping tale, populated with characters both big-hearted and flawed, shows how social forces and public policies--racism, segregation, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration--help shape individual destinies. Money Rock is a deeply American story, one that will leave readers reflecting on the near impossibility of making lasting change, in our lives and as a society, until we reckon with the sins of our past.
Subjects: Biographies.; Platt, Belton Lamont.; Drug dealers; Criminals; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; African Americans;
Available copies: 30 / Total copies: 46
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"Prisons make us safer" : and 20 other myths about mass incarceration / by Law, Victoria,1977-author.(CARDINAL)856940;
Includes bibliographical references and index.An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world's prisoners--a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to steadily rise. Over the past 40 years, the number of people behind bars in the United States has increased by 500%. Journalist Victoria Law explains how racism and social control were the catalysts for mass incarceration and have continued to be its driving force: from the post-Civil War laws that states passed to imprison former slaves, to the laws passed under the ٢War Against Drugs٣ campaign that disproportionately imprison Black people. She breaks down these complicated issues into four main parts : 1. The rise and cause of mass incarceration ; 2. Myths about prison ; 3. Misconceptions about incarcerated people ; 4. How to end mass incarceration. Through carefully conducted research and interviews with incarcerated people, Law identifies the 21 key myths that propel and maintain mass incarceration, including : The system is broken and we simply need some reforms to fix it ; Incarceration is necessary to keep our society safe ; Prison is an effective way to get people into drug treatment ; Private prison corporations drive mass incarceration. ٢Prisons Make Us Safer٣ is a necessary guide for all who are interested in learning about the cause and rise of mass incarceration and how we can dismantle it.
Subjects: Imprisonment.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Public relations.; Prisons.; Crime.; Criminals.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A perilous path : talking race, inequality, and the law / by Ifill, Sherrilyn A.,author.(CARDINAL)480098; Lynch, Loretta,1959-author.(CARDINAL)411288; Stevenson, Bryan,author.(CARDINAL)553078; Thompson, Anthony C.,author.(CARDINAL)488575;
Preface / by Anthony C. Thompson -- A perilous path : race, inequality, and the law -- Postscript / by Anthony C. Thompson -- Acknowledgments.Includes bibliographical references.This blisteringly candid discussion of the American dilemma in the age of Trump brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the former attorney general of the United States, a bestselling author and death penalty lawyer, and a star professor for an honest conversation the country desperately needs to hear. Drawing on their collective decades of work on civil rights issues as well as personal histories of rising from poverty and oppression, these leading lights of the legal profession and the fight for racial justice talk about the importance of reclaiming the racial narrative and keeping our eyes on the horizon as we work for justice in an unjust time. Covering topics as varied as "the commonality of pain," "when lawyers are heroes," and the concept of an "equality dividend" that is due to people of color for helping America brand itself internationally as a country of diversity and acceptance, Ifill, Lynch, Stevenson, and Thompson also explore topics such as "when did 'public' become a dirty word" (hint, it has something to do with serving people of color), "you know what Jeff Sessions is going to say," and "what it means to be a civil rights lawyer in the age of Trump."
Subjects: African Americans; Racism; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Equality; Racism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in crime and criminology / by Monk, Richard C.,1943-(CARDINAL)748056;
pt. 1. Crime : definitions and causes -- Is crime functional? -- Are general theories of crime possible? -- Is criminal behavior biologically determined? -- Is street crime more serious than white-collar crime? -- pt. 2. Social control and the criminal justice system -- Is punishment good crime control? -- Is criminal justice free of systemic racism? -- Juvenile justice : are kids "getting away with murder"? -- Should plea bargaining continue to be an accepted practice? -- Should capital punishment be abolished? -- pt. 3. Criminological research and public policy -- Is research on criminal careers helpful? -- Can traditional criminology make sense out of domestic violence? -- Do ignition interlocks reduce drunk driving arrests? -- pt. 4. Future trends -- Should elderly offenders get lighter sentences? -- Will gun control reduce crime? -- Are private prisons a good idea? -- Is the victim's rights movement succeeding? -- Will drug legalization help the criminal justice system? -- Are human rights basic to justice?
Subjects: Crimal justice, Administration of.; Crime;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Autistic & black : our experiences of growth, progress, and empowerment / by Omeiza, Kala Allen,author.(CARDINAL)862411;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215).Growth. Biding time -- The rhythm of our times -- Changing environments -- Parents who want few barriers for their children -- Progress. Love, autism, and Ramadan -- Translations for autism -- Does my black life matter? -- And impi in advocacy -- Empowerment. Talking to Obama vs the school administration -- Nicknames for stigma -- Connected and unmasked.Kala Allen Omeiza explores what it means to be Black and autistic in this insightful and vitally important book. With contributions from across the world, this book dives deep into topics from BLM to anti-Black racism and mental health negligence.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Autism spectrum disorders.; Autism; Black people; African Americans; Minorities; Minority people with disabilities.; Neurodiversity.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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