Racist Police Violence Reconsidered Blacks are still somewhat more likely than whites to suffer physical and verbal abuse from the cops even when the behavior of the suspect is taken into account. Findings like these contribute to a general sense that cops treat black people as an enemy. John McWhorter 11 Jun 2020 · 9 min read
America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse All in all, the evidence suggests that violent protests and rioting empower right-wing political forces, provide an opportunity for gangs to enrich themselves and exploit destabilized local populations, impoverish property owners, and harm long-term economic fortunes. Zaid Jilani 30 May 2020 · 9 min read
Don't Blame Police Racism for America's Violence Epidemic Given the horrifying history of racism in the United States, this was never a far-fetched thesis. Zaid Jilani 27 Jul 2019 · 11 min read
My Testimony on Reparations Racism is a bloody stain on this countryâs history, and I consider our failure to pay reparations directly to freed slaves after the Civil War to be one of the greatest injustices ever perpetrated by the U.S. government. Coleman Hughes 20 Jun 2019 · 4 min read
Privilege Versus Paranoia Privilege is framed as a condition that, once acquired, can never be cured. Steve Salerno 23 Jun 2018 · 5 min read
Oppression, The Flag, and the Quarterback Whose Aim is Untrue But is it âoppressionâ? There has been a tendency in recent years to water down definitions of certain words and then to misapply them. Susan Lehman 22 Oct 2017 · 9 min read
The Battle over American "Carnage" If it is important to show commonalities in black and white life in America, are we succeeding in doing so? Dan Subotnik 20 Feb 2017 · 5 min read
Ferguson Effect Detractors Are Wrong The violence surge continued into fall. Homicides in Baltimore reached their highest per capita rate in the cityâs history. Heather Mac Donald 21 Mar 2016 · 12 min read
What Does Science Tell Us About the So-Called Ferguson Effect? A substantial segment of the American public is questioning the legitimacy of police actions, including the use of force. This attention is a Ferguson effect in itself. Scott E Wolfe Scott H Decker and David C Pyrooz 1 Mar 2016 · 9 min read
