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Inspirational Quotes: Ways to Get Motivated, Avoid Procrastination, and Achieve Happiness: Special Edition Vol. 1

af Montice Harmon ...

Fortalt af Montice Harmon ...

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49 min

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and ... Læs mere

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Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and
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White Rage

The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

af Carol Anderson, Ph.D. ...

Fortalt af Veronique Olin ...

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6 timer 55 min

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, Ph.D., read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards ... Læs mere

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Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, Ph.D., read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards
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The Affirmative Action Puzzle

A Living History from Reconstruction to Today

af Melvin I. Urofsky ...

Fortalt af Dan Woren ...

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21 timer 36 min

A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous timesFrom acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable” —Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, “Definitive”—Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic) and Dissent and the Supreme Court (“Riveting”—Dahlia Lithwick, The New York Times Book Review), a history ... Læs mere

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A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous timesFrom acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable” —Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, “Definitive”—Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic) and Dissent and the Supreme Court (“Riveting”—Dahlia Lithwick, The New York Times Book Review), a history
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Blue-Coated Terror

Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality

af Jeffrey S. Adler ...

Fortalt af Arnell Powell ...

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7 timer 42 min

A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of policing in the United StatesContrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police ... Læs mere

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A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of policing in the United StatesContrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police
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Fighting Time

af Amy Banks, Isaac Knapper ...

Fortalt af Beresford Bennett, Christina Moore ...

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8 timer 27 min

Unaware of the danger lurking on the periphery of the French Quarter, Drs. Ronald Banks and John Hakola made a tragic decision on the evening of April 29, 1979, to walk several blocks from the historic district to the Hyatt Regency. Inchesfrom the safety of their hotel, they were accosted by two young men—a scuffle ensued, a shot was fired, and Dr. Banks lay dead on the sidewalk. Fighting Time is ... Læs mere

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Unaware of the danger lurking on the periphery of the French Quarter, Drs. Ronald Banks and John Hakola made a tragic decision on the evening of April 29, 1979, to walk several blocks from the historic district to the Hyatt Regency. Inchesfrom the safety of their hotel, they were accosted by two young men—a scuffle ensued, a shot was fired, and Dr. Banks lay dead on the sidewalk. Fighting Time is
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic

Atheists in American Public Life

af R. Laurence Moore, Isaac Kramnick ...

Fortalt af Matthew Boston ...

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9 timer 2 min

From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence—especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in the twentieth century, with the passage of laws ... Læs mere

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From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence—especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in the twentieth century, with the passage of laws
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The Criminal Record Complex

Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America

af Melissa Burch ...

Fortalt af Bill Andrew Quinn ...

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7 timer 42 min

Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions. In this powerful analysis, Melissa Burch sheds light on one of the most significant forces of social and economic marginalization of our time—discrimination on the basis of criminal records. Chronicling the daily interactions of hiring managers, workforce ... Læs mere

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Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions. In this powerful analysis, Melissa Burch sheds light on one of the most significant forces of social and economic marginalization of our time—discrimination on the basis of criminal records. Chronicling the daily interactions of hiring managers, workforce
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White Rage

The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

af Carol Anderson, Ph.D. ...

Fortalt af Veronique Olin ...

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6 timer 55 min

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards full ... Læs mere

176,39 kr.

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards full
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Radical Justice

Building the World We Need

af Nani Jansen Reventlow ...

Fortalt af Nani Jansen Reventlow ...

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4 timer 21 min

Our society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections, economic inequality is rampant, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves?In Radical Justice, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen ... Læs mere

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Our society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections, economic inequality is rampant, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves?In Radical Justice, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen
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To hell and back - A Policewoman's story

af Carolyn Pethick ...

Fortalt af Molly Pethick ...

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4 timer 28 min

Carolyn Pethick joins the police academy at the age of 21, having always wanted to be a police officer her whole life. She completes her training and does well, and is then assigned to the Victoria Police Station. Here she soon finds out, as a woman, the other police officers, the men, are not eager to work with her.She is sent back and further between various departments, as the men play around ... Læs mere

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Carolyn Pethick joins the police academy at the age of 21, having always wanted to be a police officer her whole life. She completes her training and does well, and is then assigned to the Victoria Police Station. Here she soon finds out, as a woman, the other police officers, the men, are not eager to work with her.She is sent back and further between various departments, as the men play around
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Jews Don’t Count

af David Baddiel ...

Fortalt af David Baddiel ...

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2 timer 48 min

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY‘A must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do’ SARAH SILVERMAN‘A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRYHow identity politics failed one particular identity.Jews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against ... ... Læs mere

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A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY‘A must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do’ SARAH SILVERMAN‘A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRYHow identity politics failed one particular identity.Jews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against ...
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Anatomy of Injustice

A Murder Case Gone Wrong

af Raymond Bonner ...

Fortalt af Mark Bramhall ...

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11 timer 11 min

From Pulitzer Prize winner Raymond Bonner comes the gripping story of a grievously mishandled murder case that put a twenty-three-year-old man on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His ... Læs mere

167,97 kr.

From Pulitzer Prize winner Raymond Bonner comes the gripping story of a grievously mishandled murder case that put a twenty-three-year-old man on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His
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Sexism

The Persistent Struggle for Gender Equality Across the World

af Marcus Kline ...

Fortalt af Sarah Donovan ...

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3 timer 7 min

Sexism, a deeply entrenched social issue, has been pervasive throughout human history, shaping the experiences of individuals and communities across the globe. At its core, sexism refers to the belief that one gender is superior to another, typically manifesting in the unequal treatment and opportunities given to individuals based on their gender. While this issue affects all genders, it is most ... Læs mere

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Sexism, a deeply entrenched social issue, has been pervasive throughout human history, shaping the experiences of individuals and communities across the globe. At its core, sexism refers to the belief that one gender is superior to another, typically manifesting in the unequal treatment and opportunities given to individuals based on their gender. While this issue affects all genders, it is most
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Gideon's Promise

A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice

af Jonathan Rapping ...

Fortalt af Frank Gerard ...

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8 timer 49 min

A blueprint for criminal justice reform that lays the foundation for how model public defense programs should work to end mass incarceration.Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology, Jonathan Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based ... Læs mere

160,35 kr.

A blueprint for criminal justice reform that lays the foundation for how model public defense programs should work to end mass incarceration.Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology, Jonathan Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based
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The End of Policing

af Alex S. Vitale ...

Fortalt af Michael Butler Murray ...

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8 timer 17 min

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: ... Læs mere

160,27 kr.

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed:
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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

af Mehrsa Baradaran ...

Fortalt af Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

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15 timer 10 min

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States’ total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.The catch-22 of black banking is that the very ... Læs mere

168,29 kr.

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States’ total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.The catch-22 of black banking is that the very
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And Yet They Persisted

How American Women Won the Right to Vote

af Johanna Neuman ...

Fortalt af Tanya Eby ...

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10 timer 25 min

In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative of US history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:● Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for ... Læs mere

200,36 kr.

In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative of US history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:● Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for
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The Fall of Affirmative Action

Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education

af Justin Driver ...

Fortalt af Frits Zernike ...

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6 timer 25 min

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceFor decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of ... Læs mere

160,35 kr.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceFor decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of
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By Hands Now Known

Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

af Margaret A. Burnham ...

Fortalt af Diana Blue ...

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10 timer 59 min

A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the ... Læs mere

208,38 kr.

A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the
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American Islamophobia

Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear

af Khaled A. Beydoun ...

Fortalt af Neil Shah ...

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7 timer 1 min

“I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ‘Please don’t be Muslims, please don’t be Muslims.’ The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that day and every day after . . . . Our fear, and the collective breath or brace for the hateful ... Læs mere

160,27 kr.

“I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ‘Please don’t be Muslims, please don’t be Muslims.’ The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that day and every day after . . . . Our fear, and the collective breath or brace for the hateful
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Hidden Barriers in the Setup

af Sam Oputa ...

Fortalt af Digital Voice Mike G ...

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6 timer 5 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did.What was hidden was exposed. The ... Læs mere

151,94 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did.What was hidden was exposed. The
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Calculating Race

Racial Discrimination in Risk Assessment

af Benjamin Wiggins ...

Fortalt af Eric Jason Martin ...

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4 timer 12 min

In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized ... Læs mere

104,15 kr.

In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized
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White Lawyer Black Power

A Memoir of Civil Rights Activism in the Deep South

af Donald A. Jelinek ...

Fortalt af Keith Sellon-Wright ...

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11 timer 7 min

Inspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during his three-week summer vacation in 1965. He stayed for three years.In White Lawyer, Black Power, Jelinek recounts the battles he fought in defense of militant civil rights activists and rural African Americans ... Læs mere

200,36 kr.

Inspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during his three-week summer vacation in 1965. He stayed for three years.In White Lawyer, Black Power, Jelinek recounts the battles he fought in defense of militant civil rights activists and rural African Americans
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Chokehold

Policing Black Men

af Paul Butler ...

Fortalt af JD Jackson ...

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8 timer 53 min

Nominated for the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)A 2017 Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Best Book of 2017“Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom of his early thesis: The justice system does not work for blacks, particularly black men.”—The Wash... ... Læs mere

288,56 kr.

Nominated for the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)A 2017 Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Best Book of 2017“Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom of his early thesis: The justice system does not work for blacks, particularly black men.”—The Wash...
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Inspirational Quotes: Ways to Get Motivated, Avoid Procrastination, and Achieve Happiness: Special Edition Vol. 1

White Rage

The Affirmative Action Puzzle

Blue-Coated Terror

Fighting Time

Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic

The Criminal Record Complex

White Rage

Radical Justice

To hell and back - A Policewoman's story

Jews Don’t Count

Anatomy of Injustice

Sexism

Gideon's Promise

The End of Policing

The Color of Money

And Yet They Persisted

The Fall of Affirmative Action

By Hands Now Known

American Islamophobia

Hidden Barriers in the Setup

Calculating Race

White Lawyer Black Power

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