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The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society and Spectacle

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society and Spectacle

It is impossible to come in contact with commercial media and not be exposed to the specter of criminal justice as entertainment. Turn on the news and you can see car chases. Turn on afternoon fare and it is syndicated reality shows featuring people being chased down by police.

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Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America

Sunday, April 12, 2009

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Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America

Since the election of U.S. President Barack Obama, mainstream commercial and noncommercial media have hailed a shift in America's disquisition around race. The leading conversation here, however historically stunted, is how Americans conceive of race has changed because whites voted for a man with a Black father and white mother.

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