After Black Lives Matter : policing and anti-capitalist struggle / Cedric Johnson.

"The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactive cha...

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Main Author: Johnson, Cedric, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2023.
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Physical Description:408 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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"The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactive character of the protests. Rather, the core of the movement itself failed to locate the central racial injustice that underpins the crisis of policing: socio-economic inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:E185.615 .J5889 2023
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781804291672
1804291676