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Discussion | The Black Experience in America: Social Justice and the Criminal Justice System

Name: The Black Experience in America: Social Justice and the Criminal Justice System
Start: 2019-02-20T23:00:00Z
End: 2019-02-21T00:30:00Z
Location: New York City ( NYC )

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 6:00 pm

Free

The discourse of mass incarceration was brought to the fore with the explosive work by Michelle Alexander in her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Alexander’s work unpeeled how a racialized justice system severely hinders people of color in general, and Black people the worst. Afterwards, the release of Ava Duvernay’s documentary, “13th,” provided a visual on how Black communities were impacted as a result of the rise of incarceration mostly due to rigid and racialized drug conviction laws during the so-called, “War on Drugs.”

Before this, a number of scholars, activists, grassroots organizations and community members worked tirelessly on criminal justice reform for decades. As the case for dismantling a broken criminal justice grew, the solutions on re-entry in the age of mass incarceration became an even bigger question. As criminal justice reform initiatives percolate across the United States, the complex and difficult discourse on racism, social justice and the justice system continue. This panel will tackle the issues and possible remedies.

With:
-- Law Professor Fareed Hayat
-- Professor Carla Shedd
-- Professor Rolanda West Spencer
-- Law Professor Anthony Thompson

Free and open to the public! Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Co-sponsored by Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; Black Student Union NYU; Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora; Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law; Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures; The Latinx Project; Liberal Studies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee; and Liberal Studies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory Board
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Discussion | The Black Experience in America: Social Justice and the Criminal Justice System

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 6:00 pm