Black Silent Majority
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| Author | Michael Javen Fortner |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press[1] |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 368 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0674743991 |
Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment is a non-fiction book written by Michael Javen Fortner.[1]
Overview
A look into the role of how America's drug policies impact African Americans and crime in their own neighborhoods.
Critical reception
The New York Times said in a review of the book, "The history of black people’s ability to express and to act on their punitiveness—to be tough on crime—is at the heart of a fascinating though severely flawed new book by Michael Javen Fortner."[1]
The Boston Review wrote: "Black Silent Majority skillfully incorporates and blunts opposing arguments but refuses to take seriously the consequences of poverty, redlining, and other forms of structural exclusion."[2]
Awards
References
- ^ a b c Muhammad, Khalil Gibran (September 21, 2015). "'Black Silent Majority,' by Michael Javen Fortner". The New York Times.
- ^ Murch, Donna (2015-10-16). "Who's to Blame for Mass Incarceration?". Boston Review.
- ^ "The Herbert H. Lehman Prizes, 2015".
- ^ "Professor Michael Fortner to Receive 2016 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York History".