Tony Gaskew

Rethinking Prison Reentry (eBook, ePUB)

Transforming Humiliation into Humility

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rethinking Prison Reentry: Transforming Humiliation into Humility describes a prison-based education pedagogy designed to address a prevalent racial politics of shaming, self-segregation, and transgenerational learned helplessness. So many incarcerated black men face insurmountable psychosocial obstacles when attempting to make the successful transition back into ownership of their lives. Tony Gaskew confronts the issue of redemption and reconciliation head-on by critically examining the "triads of culpability" when it comes to crime and justice in America: (1) of those who commit crimes; (2) of those who enforce criminal laws; and (3) of those who stand by and do nothing. He explores the growth of a black counterculture of crime that has created modern-day killing fields across urban neighborhoods and challenges the incarcerated black men trapped within its socially constructed lies, helping them to draw upon the strength of their cultural privilege to transform from criminal offender into incarcerated student.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739183137
• Artikelnr.: 41500191

Autorenporträt

Tony Gaskew is professor of criminal justice, affiliate faculty of Africana studies, director of the criminal justice program, and founding director of the prison education program at the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Killing Fields of Chicago
Chapter 2: Uncovering Black Cultural Privilege
Chapter 3: The Great White Shark
Chapter 4: Jim Crow Jr.
Chapter 5: Are You a 30 Percenter or a 70 Percenter?