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Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline

Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline

by Lori Latrice Martin (Editor), RolandW.Mitchell (Editor), KennethJ.Fasching-Varner (Editor), Arash Daneshzadeh (Editor), KarenBennett-Haron (Editor)

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Synopsis

This volume provides a concentrated and powerful dialogue about the nexus between schools, prisons, and the free-market economy whereby youth (particularly youth of color) are on fast tracks from schools to prisons. Written by leading and emerging academics in the field, the chapters in this collection challenge readers to contemplate the myth of post-raciality and the connections between schools and prisons.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 290
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 15 Nov 2016
ISBN 10: 1498534945
ISBN 13: 9781498534949

Media Reviews
How does one begin to unwind the weft of fear, anger, and misrepresentation of the Black American male? It is impossible to go three consecutive days without the murder of a Black man by `mistake' and `misrepresentation,' yet clearly on purpose. Multiple incarcerations of Black men happen consistently, with blatant comparison to White men who serve no time for similar crimes. This book begins the task of historicizing, documenting, and positioning the incarceration of Black Americans as authors investigate policy, laws, and the injustices which have become daily and unremarkable in the United States. Authors argue for a rational and fair examination of the penal system and direct pipeline which streams Black men into prison. Prepare yourself for research which uncovers an American travesty, a twenty-first century Middle Passage. -- Shirley R. Steinberg, The University of Calgary
The effectiveness of schools in fueling the carceral nation, and of prisons in necessitating educational apartheid, are neither accidental nor signs of failed systems. In Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline, Fasching-Varner and colleagues shed light on the numerous and entrenched ways that the school-prison nexus is structured as such, and ways to find hope in its abolition. -- Kevin Kumashiro, University of San Francisco
Author Bio
Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner is the Shirley B. Barton Endowed Associate Professor of Education and director of the Higher Education Administration Program at Louisiana State University. Lori Latrice Martin is associate professor of sociology and African & African American studies at Louisiana State University. Roland Mitchell is the Jo Ellen Levy Yates Endowed Professor and associate dean of research engagement and graduate studies in the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University. Hon. Karen P. Bennett-Haron serves as Justice of the Peace in Department 7 for the Las Vegas Justice Court, and is past Chief Justice of the court. Arash Daneshzadeh is a faculty member at the University of San Francisco School of Education, and director of Programs for Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ).