Issac J. Bailey

My Brother Moochie (eBook, ePUB)

Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Part of Electric Literature's "Reading List for Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex" A younger brother's heartfelt memoir "speaks to the inequities of the criminal justice system and the damage done to family and community when loved ones are locked away" (USA Today). "Represents a much larger story about the deeply rooted effects of systematic racism, the Jim Crow South and how race, poverty, violence, crime, opportunity and drug abuse intersect." -Ebony At the age of 9, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for 32 years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men-including half of the 10 boys in his own family-end up in the criminal justice system. What role do poverty, race, and faith play? What effect does living in the South, in the Bible Belt, have? And why is their experience understood as an acceptable trope for black men, while white people who commit crimes are never seen in this generalized way? My Brother Moochie provides a wide-ranging yet intensely intimate view of crime and incarceration in the United States, and the devastating effects on the incarcerated, their loved ones, their victims, and society as a whole. It also offers hope for families caught in the incarceration trap: though the Bailey family's lows have included prison and bearing the responsibility for multiple deaths, their highs have included Harvard University, the White House, and a renewed sense of pride and understanding that presents a path forward.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Other Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781590518618
• Artikelnr.: 52732147

Autorenporträt

Issac J. Bailey is an award-winning journalist and the James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College. He has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Charlotte Observer, Politico Magazine, Time, and many more, and has appeared on NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. Bailey was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and has taught journalism and applied ethics at Coastal Carolina University. He currently lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife and two children.