The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, with a New Preface

by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Book Overview

How did we come to think of race as synonymous with crime? A brilliant and deeply disturbing biography of the idea of black criminality in the making of modern urban America, The Condemnation of Blackness reveals the influence this pernicious myth, rooted in crime statistics, has had on our society and our sense of self. Black crime statistics have shaped debates about everything from public education to policing to presidential elections, fueling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674238141
• ISBN13: 9780674238145
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"