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N*gga theory, race, language, unequal justice, and the law, Jody Armour ; foreword by Larry Krassner ; introduction by Melina Abdullah

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N*gga theory, race, language, unequal justice, and the law, Jody Armour ; foreword by Larry Krassner ; introduction by Melina Abdullah

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-[257]) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

N*gga theory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1129018774

Responsibility statement

Jody Armour ; foreword by Larry Krassner ; introduction by Melina Abdullah

Sub title

race, language, unequal justice, and the law

Summary

"America's criminal justice system is among the deadliest and most racist in the world and it disproportionately targets Black Americans, who are also disproportionately poor, hungry, houseless, jobless, sick, and poorly educated. By every metric of misery, this nation does not act like Black Lives Matter. In order to break out of the trap of racialized mass incarceration and relentless racial oppression, we, as a society, need to rethink our basic assumptions about blame and punishment, words and symbols, social perceptions and judgments, morality, politics, and the power of the performing arts. N*gga Theory interrogates conventional assumptions and frames a transformational new way of thinking about law, language, moral judgments, politics, and transgressive art--especially profane genres like gangsta rap--and exposes where racial bias lives in the administration of justice and everyday life. Professor Jody Armour (Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism) calls for bold action: electing progressive prosecutors, defunding or dismantling the police, abolition of the prison industrial complex. But only after eradicating the anti-black bias buried in the hearts and minds of millions of Americans and baked into our legal system will we be able to say that Black Lives Matter in America"--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Nigga theory: a song of solidarity -- Contingency, irony, and solidarity in blame and punishment -- Moral luck in the social production of "niggas" -- Law in the social construction of "niggas" -- The midwifery properties of the N-word -- Metaphysical theatre and nigga theory in nine acts -- How race trumped class in 2016 -- Condemning "niggas" -- Nigga theory and praxis: where the rubber meets the road

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Nigga theory

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