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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America is a historical-sociological book written by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and published in 22 July 2019. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. <ref>[https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238145&content=bios The Condemnation of Blackness]. Harvard University Press. Retrieved January 28 2021.</ref>
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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad published in 22 July 2019 is a historical-sociological book. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is a Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. <ref>[https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238145&content=bios The Condemnation of Blackness]. Harvard University Press. Retrieved January 28 2021.</ref>
  
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America details the history of how crime data became evidence of racial inferiority that helped shape criminal justice policy and American thought for more than 100 years. This book describes the creation following slavery of a racist ideology that framed African Americans as dangerous and likely criminals; that mindset animated laws, policies, and aggressive police practices that dehumanize, criminalize, incarcerate, and sometimes lead to the killing of disproportionate numbers of African Americans
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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America subtleties the historical backdrop of how wrongdoing information became proof of racial inadequacy that aided shape criminal equity strategy and American thought for more than a hundred years. This book portrays the creation following slavery of a racist ideology that framed African Americans as dangerous and likely criminals; that outlook energized laws, strategies, and forceful police rehearses that dehumanize, condemn, imprison, and now and then lead to the slaughtering of lopsided quantities of African Americans.
While urban elites viewed crime committed by European immigrants as a call for palliative social remedy, crime by black migrants from the American South was considered racially endemic and thus was to be dealt with punitively. Condemnation of Blackness is essential reading to understand how ideas of black dangerousness and criminality are legacies of slavery, racism, and discrimination. <ref>[https://www.cato.org/events/the-condemnation-of-blackness The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America]. Cato Institute. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
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While urban elites saw wrongdoing carried out by European workers as a call for a palliative social cure, wrongdoing by dark transients from the American South was viewed as racially endemic and in this manner was to be managed correctively. Condemnation of Blackness isfundamental perusing to see how thoughts of dark hazardousness and criminality are legacies of slavery, racism, and discrimination. <ref>[https://www.cato.org/events/the-condemnation-of-blackness The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America]. Cato Institute. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
  
 
== Controversy ==
 
== Controversy ==
Following the 1890 census, the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery, crime statistics, new migration and immigration trends, and symbolic references to America as the promised land of opportunity were woven into a cautionary tale about the exceptional threat black people posed to modern urban society. Excessive arrest rates and overrepresentation in northern prisons were seen by many whites--liberals and conservatives, northerners and southerners--as indisputable proof of blacks' inferiority.
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Following the 1890 census, the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery, crime statistics, new migration, and immigration trends, and symbolic references to America as the guaranteed place that is known for fresh chances to succeed were woven into a useful example about the exceptional danger black people presented to current urban society. Excessive arrest rates and overrepresentation in northern prisons were seen by many whites--liberals and conservatives, northerners and southerners--as undeniable confirmation of blacks' inferiority.
The idea of black criminality was crucial to the making of modern urban America, as were African Americans' own ideas about race and crime. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies. <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7093931-the-condemnation-of-blackness The Condemnation of Blackness]. Goodreads. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
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The idea of black criminality was significant to the making of modern urban America, as were African Americans' own thoughts regarding race and wrongdoing. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this entrancing book uncovers the impact such thoughts have had on metropolitan turn of events and social arrangements. <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7093931-the-condemnation-of-blackness The Condemnation of Blackness]. Goodreads. Retrieved January 27 2021.</ref>
  
 
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The Condemnation of Blackness Book Cover

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad published in 22 July 2019 is a historical-sociological book. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is a Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. [1]

Summary

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America subtleties the historical backdrop of how wrongdoing information became proof of racial inadequacy that aided shape criminal equity strategy and American thought for more than a hundred years. This book portrays the creation following slavery of a racist ideology that framed African Americans as dangerous and likely criminals; that outlook energized laws, strategies, and forceful police rehearses that dehumanize, condemn, imprison, and now and then lead to the slaughtering of lopsided quantities of African Americans. While urban elites saw wrongdoing carried out by European workers as a call for a palliative social cure, wrongdoing by dark transients from the American South was viewed as racially endemic and in this manner was to be managed correctively. Condemnation of Blackness isfundamental perusing to see how thoughts of dark hazardousness and criminality are legacies of slavery, racism, and discrimination. [2]

Controversy

Following the 1890 census, the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery, crime statistics, new migration, and immigration trends, and symbolic references to America as the guaranteed place that is known for fresh chances to succeed were woven into a useful example about the exceptional danger black people presented to current urban society. Excessive arrest rates and overrepresentation in northern prisons were seen by many whites--liberals and conservatives, northerners and southerners--as undeniable confirmation of blacks' inferiority. The idea of black criminality was significant to the making of modern urban America, as were African Americans' own thoughts regarding race and wrongdoing. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this entrancing book uncovers the impact such thoughts have had on metropolitan turn of events and social arrangements. [3]

References

  1. The Condemnation of Blackness. Harvard University Press. Retrieved January 28 2021.
  2. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. Cato Institute. Retrieved January 27 2021.
  3. The Condemnation of Blackness. Goodreads. Retrieved January 27 2021.