Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

Posted on 18 January 2018 by Marc Lamont Hill

Named a Best Book of 2016 by Kirkus Reviews A New York Times Editor s ChoiceNautilus Award Winner A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature New York Times In this thought provoking and important Library Journal analysis of state sanctioned violence, Marc Lamont Hill carefully considers a string of high profile deaths in America Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and others and incidents of gross negligence by government, such as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan He digs underneath these events to uncover patterns and policies of authority that allow some citizens become disempowered, disenfranchised, poor, uneducated, exploited, vulnerable, and disposable To help us understand the plight of vulnerable communities, he examines the effects of unfettered capitalism, mass incarceration, and political power while urging us to consider a new world in which everyone has a chance to become somebody Heralded as an essential text for our times, Marc Lamont Hill s galvanizing work embodies the best traditions of scholarship, journalism, and storytelling to lift unheard voices and to address the necessary question, how did we get here New Download [ Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond ] author [ Marc Lamont Hill ] – kino-fada.fr the death of Michael Brown is not merely a throwback to a wounded racial past but also a thoroughly modern event It is not only the repeat of the age old racial divide but also a statement of a relatively new public chasm that has been growing for years This divide is characterized by the demonization and privatization of public services, including schools, the military, prisons, and even policing by the growing use of prison as our primary resolution for social contradictions by the deg the death of Michael Brown is not merely a throwback to a wounded racial past but also a thoroughly modern event It is not only the repeat of the age old racial divide but also a statement of a relatively new public chasm that has been growing for years This divide is characterized by the demonization and privatization of public services, including schools, the military, prisons, and even policing by the growing use of prison as ou...I have read quite a few books over the past few years dealing with police brutality, systemic racism, and general inequalities and some of them have been fluff pieces and others were groundbreaking in the material they presented so I was not sure what I was getting into when I started reading Nobody The topics range from the killing of unarmed black men, to the water crisis in Flint, to the most bone chilling concept of feeling like a nobody in a place that is supposed to be your home This...Marc Lamont Hill presents a lot of statistics and data along with copious notes to posit that Black people, by and large represent the collective Nobody He uses the recent killings of African Americans at the hands of the police to explore the policies and practices that have created and sustain this environment that allows for deadly force by paid officers when confronting the Black citizens of America The book reads like a recent recap of theprominent cases of police misconduct and bru Marc Lamont Hill presents a lot of statistics and data along with copious notes to posit that Black people, by and large represent the collective Nobody He uses the recent killings of African Americans at the hands of the police to explore the policies and practices that have created and sustain this environment that allows for deadly force by paid officers when confronting the Black citizens of America The book reads like a recent recap of theprominent cases of police misconduct and brutality With the pu...I found very little new information in Nobody Casualties of America s War on the Vulnerable , but I m still very happy to have read it Written and published before Trump s victory, the message in Nobody is evenringing as we cope with the aftermath We are a fractured society, but what we re sensing collectively isn t wrong What our current age is hiding istroubling No matter how many politicians try optimistically to mask the fact, manufacturing, as we have long known it, is I found very little new information in Nobody Casualties of America s War on the Vulnerable , but I m still very happy to have read it Written and published before Trump s victory, the message in Nobody is evenringing as we cope with the aftermath We are a fractured society, but what we re sensing collectively isn t wrong What our current age is hiding istroubling No matter how many politicians try optimistically to mask the fact, manufacturing, as we have long known it, is over For the disadvantaged, this means that the chance of being economically comfortable in one s lifetime is low, with an equally bleak forecast for future generations Trump, on...I liked this book, but it did not feel like an original contribution It was devastating and well written, but it felt a bit scattered It tried to cover so many recent events and their historic underpinnings.This book should be incorporated in to high school and college U.S history curriculums across the nation Marc Lamont Hill does an excellent job bringing to light the social, cultural and economic aspects of deeply rooted racism in America While Hill cites a great number of statistics and empirica...In Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill addresses what has been called disregard Understanding that hate is too blunt and charged a term, this might describe a mostly passive, inhumane disinterest for one s fellow humans and citizens In order to do this, you have to disregard their humanity mostly this takes the form of ignoring their plight, but at times it calls on its sufferers to doubt the pain they express or the innocence they claim, to assume the best of their tormentors even against the w In Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill addresses what has been called disregard Understanding...Social science is my thing I totally nerd out cheesy grin I purchased this book for research purposes but reading it soothed a bit of an ache I needed to be reminded nowthan ever why having compassion isn t a bad thing Why it s my responsibility as a citizen of the United States to care for vulnerable and underserved individuals who reside both inside and outside of my community Marc Lamont Hill has done a fantastic job highlighting the social, cultural, and economic disparities that Social science is my thing I totally nerd out cheesy grin I purchased this book for research purposes but reading it soothed a bit of an ache I needed to be reminded nowthan ever why having compassion isn t a bad thing Why it s my responsibility as a citizen of the United States to care for vulnerable and underserved individuals who reside both inside and outside of my community Marc Lamont Hill has done a fantastic job highlighting the social, cultural, and economic disparities that impact the lives of the vulnerable Nobody is an impressive body of work For anyone who has ever found themselves saying, Why does everything have to be about race I don t get why people protest everyone is equal We all have the same rights I don t get why people can t pick themselves up by the bootstraps I never had a handout I don t get why Black Lives Matter is a thing, All Lives Matter It s discrimination I don t get why people just don t listen to the ...Not an easy book to read by any stretch of the imagination as it talks about how American society has in many ways both overtly and through state sponsored laws allowed Blacks, Latinos, the poor, the mentally I ll and the LGBTQ community to ...I read this book to kick off my black history month TBR And wow, this book packs a punch Though it s only been a few years since many of the horrible, news covered murders of people such as Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin, this book serves as a serious reminder as to why people are angry and why we still need to be angry Hill analyzes the justice system, defenses, prosecutions, personal history, and laws surrounding each case He deconstructs biases and offers insight as to how the general I read this book to kick off my black history month TBR And wow, this book packs a punch Though it s only been a few years since many of the horrible, news covered murders of people such as Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin, this book serves as a serious reminder as to why people are angry and why we still need to be angry Hill analyzes the justice system, defenses, prosecutions, personal history, and laws surrounding each case He deconstructs biases and offers insight as to how the general public learned to view such cases and how the general public came to recognize such victims as iconic for marches and movements, how these victims became sloganized Not only that, but with many cases he delves into state history, such as the history of s...

Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

18 January 2018

Marc Lamont Hill