Race
We employ critical race theory or CRT as a tool for interrogating the presence of Hip Hop music in NBA stadiums because it centers the discussion on race and racial inequalities from the perspective of non-white people. CRT is also…
Some of the best in urban (and rural) ethnography—here and abroad—has white ethnographers peering into the lives of Black and other non-white people. Oscar Lewis (“The Culture of Poverty”); Margaret Mead (Trobriand Islanders); Elliot Liebow (Tally’s Corner); Harold Foote Gosnell…
Everyone knows that prisoners are smart. What everyone does not know is that they are not smart enough to remain free once released With approximately 2.3 million in American jails and prisons –and almost all of them returning home at…
The male “walk-on” in college sports, and in particular in football, has become a joke. Announcers voraciously proclaim that Joe Blow or John Caric is or was just a walk on but now performs at a level above and beyond…
More than any other nation, the US still imposes death for capital crimes. In fact, these three very scary words—DEATH ROW EXONERATION– are enough to make you upchuck. Consider what it must be like if you have been convicted for…