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by Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner (Editor), Nicholas Daniel Hartlep (Editor)
The United States is not post-racial, despite claims otherwise. The days of lynching have been replaced with a pernicious modern racism and race-based violence equally strong and more difficult to untangle. This violence too often results in the killing of Black Americans, particularly males. While society may believe we have transcended race, contemporary history tells another story with the recent killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others. While their deaths are tragic, the greater tragedy is that incidents making the news are only a fraction of the assault on communities of color in. This volume takes seriously the need for concentrated and powerful dialogue to emerge in the wake of these murders that illuminates the assault in a powerful and provocative way. Through a series of essays, written by leading and emerging academics in the field of race studies, the short "conversations" in this collection challenge readers to contemplate the myth of post-raciality, and the real nature of the assaults on communities of color. The essays in this volume, all under 2000 words, cut to the heart of the matter using current assaults as points of departure and is relevant to education, sociology, law, social work, and criminology.
Author Biography
Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, Shirley B. Barton Endowed Professor, College of Human Sciences and Education, Louisiana State University
Nicholas D. Hartlep, Assistant Professor, College of Education, College of Education, Illinois State University Lori L. Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Louisiana State University Cleveland Hayes, Associate Professor, College of Education and Organizational Leadership, University of Laverne Roland W. Mitchell, Interim Associate Dean and Associate Professor, College of Human Sciences and Education, Louisiana State University Chaunda M. Allen-Mitchell, Director Office of Multicultural Affairs, Louisiana State University
