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Article: Police brutality in the United States

Content gap: The history of police brutality in the US, its underlying causes, and its effects on communities of color are all left out of the current article.

Sources to add:


 * Miller, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. New York: Penguin Books, 1903.
 * Mbembe, Achille. On the Postcolony. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
 * Wacquant, Loïc. Punishing the Poor: Mass Incarceration and the Remaking of American Inequality. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.

How this sources will fill the content gap:

Miller, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. New York: Penguin Books, 1903. The book is an assortment of short stories and articles that combine historical accounts, sociological analysis, and first-hand accounts. The term "double consciousness," coined by Du Bois, refers to the African American's dual identity as a Black person and an American who are torn between their own background and the prevailing white culture.

Mbembe, Achille. On the Postcolony. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. According to Mbembe, a pervasive notion of "necropolitics," or the exercise of power through the management of death, characterizes the postcolony. He contends that the development of violence, the exploitation of labor, and the denial of fundamental rights and entitlements are only a few ways in which this necropolitical regime appears.

Wacquant, Loïc. Punishing the Poor: Mass Incarceration and the Remaking of American Inequality. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009. The book by Wacquant is a strong critique of the American criminal justice system. He contends that the system is a primary contributor to poverty and inequality in addition to being ineffectual in decreasing crime. He advocates for a fundamental overhaul of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on social justice and rehabilitation as opposed to control and punishment.

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