Tag Archives: Urban Justice

“Reimagining ‘Justice’ in Environmental Justice: Radical Ecologies, Decolonial Thought, and the Black Radical Tradition” by Laura Pulido and Juan De Lara, 2018

September 25, 2019 5:51 pm /
Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“In this article, we rethink the spatial and racial politics of the environmental justice movement in the United States by linking it to abolitionist theories that have emerged from the Black Radical Tradition, to critical theories of urban ecology, and to decolonial epistemologies rooted in the geopolitics of Las Americas. More specifically, we argue that environmental justice organizing among multi-racial groups is an extension of the Black Radical Tradition’s epistemic legacy and historical commitment to racial justice.”
This article was retrieved from the author’s website. It is open access. The article was published in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 2018, Vol. 1(1–2) 76–98
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“An Interview with Robert Bullard” by Errol Schweizer, Earth First! Journal, 1999

September 24, 2019 6:28 pm /

Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online, click here: “An Interview with Robert Bullard”
Robert Bullard is a pioneering scholar-activist in the environmental justice movement. He  is often described as the father of environmental justice. He is the former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University 2011-2016. Professor Bullard currently is Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy. Prior to coming to TSU he was founding Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University. He is an award-winning author of eighteen books that address sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, industrial facility siting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, disasters, emergency response, and community resilience, smart growth, and regional equity. He is co-founder of the HBCU Climate Change Consortium. Dr. Bullard is a proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
An Interview with Robert Bullard. By  Errol Schweizer.  Earth First! Journal (July 1999) https://www.ejnet.org/ej/bullard.html.
The interview was posted and retrieved from The Environmental Justice Organizations website. It is in the public domain.
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“Structural Racism and Community Building” by Lawrence Keith, et al., 2004

September 20, 2019 5:29 pm /

Submitted by:  Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

To read online, click here: “Structural Racism and Community Building”

This submission is from the Aspen Institute: Lawrence, Keith, Stacey Sutton, Anne Kubisch, Gretchen Susi and Karen Fulbright-Anderson. 2004. “Structural Racism and Community Building.” Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change. Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute.

Since 1997, the Roundtable has been focusing on how the problems associated with race and racism in America affect initiatives aimed at poverty reduction in distressed urban neighborhoods. The Roundtable has explored how race shapes the social, political, economic, and cultural institutions of our society, and how those dynamics produce significant and ongoing racial disparities in the well-being of children, families, and communities. The work also has an applied dimension that describes how to incorporate
racial equity into social and economic development work. The premise behind all of the Roundtable’s work on race is that adopting a more race conscious approach to community building and social justice work.

This resource was found on the Internet at the Aspen Institute organization website. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use Provision.

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“Community Policing and Community Justice” The 27th Annual Lloyd George Sealy Lecture, keynote address”, by Kenton Buckner, 2018

August 20, 2019 3:46 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

To view and listen online:  “Community Policing and Community Justice”

This keynote speech was presented by: The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the Department of Africana Studies, in partnership with the Lloyd George Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Moving Toward Community Justice in the 21st Century, The 27th Annual Lloyd George Sealy Lecture, Speaker: Kenton Buckner, Chief of Police, Little Rock Police Department. Chief Buckner is a “student of the law profession” who took the time to learn all areas of policing.

This MP3 speech was obtained from a John Jay faculty Dropbox and is open access.

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“Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community”, Essay by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1986

August 16, 2019 3:51 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

King, Jr., Martin Luther. 1986. “Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community” [essay not speech] (1967), In A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. edited by James M. Washington, pp. 555-633. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.

The above suggested resource is not available online at John Jay, but is available to be checked out of the library at “Stacks E 185.97 .K5 A25 1991″
Martin Luther King’s 1967 essay “Where Do We Go from Here?” refers to the turmoil in the late 1960s around intense poverty, racism, the War in Vietnam, inflation, violence, and urban decay. The urban rebellions in Black communities forced the nation to confront the problems of racism and poverty, and attempt to resolve them.  Dr. King was optimistic about the future, if we were willing to make changes.  A sharing of power was required, but mostly we need a “transformation of values” and economic justice. MLK’s essay is extremely persuasive about the kinds of transformation we need to become a caring society and develop a beloved community. He also gave a speech with the same title that is not as focused on economic justice.  He based his book “Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community”: on that essay.
This is a library resource.
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“The Impact of Neoliberalism on the Psychological Development of Low-Income Black Youth” by C. Jama Adams, 2014

August 15, 2019 3:48 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

Read online at: “The Impact of Neoliberalism on the Psychological Development of Low-Income Black Youth”

“This paper is a brief, psychoanalytically informed exploration of youth development, with a focus on the often-negative psychosocial impact of neoliberal ideologies on low-income Black youth. Neoliberal policies have influenced the psychological development of low-income Black youths, who are embedded in psychosocial contexts that are often under-resourced and negatively racialized. This substantially constrains their attempts to love and work. There is often a paucity of safe places, identity capital and caring tutors of the imagination that might facilitate good outcomes for these young people. As a consequence of being embedded in such emotionally austere and unsafe places, they often adopt postures that lead to their under-development and, too often, their early demise. The paper also discusses some strategies of resistance to neoliberal ideology and policy.”

Article published in Culture & Society (2014) 19, 39–46.  The library does not have access to this article. However, the author, C. Jama Adams, is faculty at John Jay and posted the article (author copy) at Research Gate. Free to use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the Copyright Act.

Posted in: 2011 - Present, Chronology, Part 2: Subjects and Topics in Justice (ALL), US / Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

“The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang” by Brotherton and Barrios, 2004

August 7, 2019 5:42 pm /

Submitted by: Adrian Bordoni, Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Latin American and Latina/O Studies

To view online:  The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang

From Los Angeles and New York to Chicago and Miami, street gangs are regarded as one of the most intractable crime problems facing our cities, and a vast array of resources is being deployed to combat them. This book chronicles the astounding self-transformation of one of the most feared gangs in the United States into a social movement acting on behalf of the dispossessed, renouncing violence and the underground economy, and requiring school attendance for membership.What caused the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation of New York City to make this remarkable transformation? And why has it not happened to other gangs elsewhere? David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios were given unprecedented access to new and never-before-published material by and about the Latin Kings and Queens, including the group’s handbook, letters written by members, poems, rap songs, and prayers. In addition, they interviewed more than one hundred gang members, including such leaders as King Tone and King Hector. Featuring numerous photographs by award-winning photojournalist Steve Hart, the book explains the symbolic significance for the gang of hand gestures, attire, rituals, and rites of passage. Based on their inside information, the authors craft a unique portrait of the lives of the gang members and a ground-breaking study of their evolution.

This is an ebook. It is a library resource found in the EbscoHost database and accessed using your John Jay login. Published by Columbia University Press.

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“New Terrain in Youth Development: The Promise of a Social Justice Approach” by Ginwright and Cammarota, 2002

July 31, 2019 5:46 pm /

Submitted by: Monika L. Son, Assistant Professor, Chair and Director, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online:  New Terrain in Youth Development: The Promise of a Social Justice Approach

“Popular notions of urban youth have led the public to believe that young people create more problems than possibilities. This idea is most evident in public policy that tends to view them as delinquents, criminals, and the cause of general civic problems. For example, in California, the passage of the Juvenile Justice Crime Bill, which allows courts to try juveniles as adults, and other similar measures across the nation demonstrate how public policy reflects a fear of urban youth.”

This is a library resource accessed using a John Jay login. The article is obtained from the Proquest database: Social Justice, 2002, Vol.29(4), pp.82-95

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“The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America” by Jonathan Kozol, 2005 

July 31, 2019 4:25 pm /

Submitted by: Monika L. Son, Assistant Professor, Chair and Director, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online: “The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America”.  The recommended text is from Chapter 2: “Hitting them Hardest when they are Small”. Open book and go to Chapter 2 in the Table of Contents.

“This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.” Visiting nearly 60 public schools, Kozol finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city children in the 15 years since federal courts began dismantling the landmark 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. First, the segregation of black children is at a level not seen since 1968. Few of these students know any white children. Second, discipline modeled on methods traditionally used in prisons is targeted at black and Hispanic children. And third, liberal education in our inner-city schools has been increasingly replaced by culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction. Kozol pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, and offers a humane, dramatic challenge to our nation to fulfill at last the promise made some 50 years ago to all our youngest citizens.

This is a library resource and is accessed using your  John John login. The book was retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

 

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“City Kids” by Maria Kromidas, 2016

July 26, 2019 3:43 pm /

Submitted by: Monika L. Son, Assistant Professor, Chair and Director, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

“City Kids” is only available in physical book format at GN495.6 .K76 2016 in the John Jay library. Introduction and chapters 2,3, and 11 are recommended.

“City Kids” profiles fifth-graders in one of New York City’s most diverse public schools, detailing how they collectively developed a sophisticated understanding of race that challenged many of the stereotypes, myths, and commonplaces they had learned from mainstream American culture. Drawing from more than a year of close observations and interviews with students, anthropologist Maria Kromidas not only examines how we can best support children’s anti-racist practices, but also considers what they might have to teach us.

This is a copyrighted book which is not available as an ebook at John Jay, but is available in the library.

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