Calling Blacks victims will not erase the fact of their history of victimization in America. A victim is one who has been injured. White Americans (AREM variety) have injured Black Americans including systematically and systemically. That's why so many books and documentaries on the subject exists.
Blacks and Crime (BOOKS)
African American Classics in Criminology & Criminal Justice (2002) by Shaun L. Gabbidon, Helen Taylor Greene, and Vernetta D. Young
AI, Race, and Discrimination: Confronting Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence (2023) by John Angus Scantling, Jr.
A Peculiar Humanism: The Judicial Advocacy of Slavery in High Courts of the Old South, 1820-1850 (1996) by William E. Wiethoff
Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation (2012) by Beth E. Richie
A Theory of African American Offending: Race, Racism, and Crime (2011) by James D. Uneven and Shaun L. Gabbidon
Black Codes in Georgia (2006) by Dan Moore, Sr. and Michele Mitchell
Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment (2015) by Michael Javen Fortner
Blaming the Victim (1972, 1976) by William Ryan
Chokehold: Policing Black Men (2017) by Paul Butler
Class, Race, Gender, Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America (2015) by Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Allison Cotton
Criminalizing A Race: Free Blacks During Slavery (1984, 1993) by Charshee C.L. McIntyre
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime (2015) by Shaun L. Gabbidon
Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court (2016) by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
Innocence is the Crime: Violence, Sex, Race & Judges (2024) by Sterling Harwood, Ph.D
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (2017) by Andrea J. Ritchie
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (2017) by James Forman Jr.
More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (2009) by William Julius Wilson
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (2017) by Robyn Matnard
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment (2017) by Angela J. Davis
Power, Race, and Justice: The Restorative Dialogue We Will Not Have (2022) by Theo Gavrielides
Punishment and Inequality in America (2006) by Bruce Western
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (2016) by Monique W. Morris
Race & Crime (2019) by Shaun L. Gabbidon and Helen Taylor Greene
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma (2010) by Shaun L. Gabbidon
Race & the War on Poverty: from Watts to East L.A. (1964) by Robert Bauman
Race, Crime, and the Law (1997) by Randall Kennedy
Race, Culture, Psychology, & Law (2005) by Kimberly Holt Barrett and William H. George
Race, Incarceration, and American Values (2008) by Glenn C. Laury
Slavery & the Law (1997) by Paul Finkelman
Slavery and the Penal System (2016) by J. Thorsten Sellin
Slavery, Law, & Politics: The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective (1981) by Don E. Fehrenbacher
State’s Laws on Race and Color (1951, 2016) by Pauli Murray
The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement (2018) by Matthew Horace
The Black Codes, 1865-1867 (1912) by Byne Frances Goodman
The Color of Crime (2009) by Katheryn Russell-Brown
The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (2009, 2018) by Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, and Miriam DeLone
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (2010) by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts (2023) by Stephen B. Bright and James Kwak
The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice (2015) by Nina M. Moore
The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime, and Justice (2000, 2001) by Michael W. Markowitz and Delores D. Jones-Brown
The Ugly Side of Beautiful: Rethinking Race and Prison in America (2012) by Bryon Bain
Unequal Under Law: Race in the War on Drugs (2007) by Doris Marie Provine
Unjustifiably Oppressed: Black Codes of Mississippi (1865) by Dr. Roderick Van Daniel
Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice (1996) by David M. Oshinsky
ARTICLES
The Black family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
The Criminality Myth That Furthers Employment Inequality and Devalues Black Lives
June 17, 2020
outtengolden.com/insights/me…
Karmelo Anthony and the Futility of Claiming Self-Defense While Black
Black defendants’ “Stand Your Ground” claims against white assailants are denied more than 99 percent of the time.
motherjones.com/politics/202…
The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers had the Weapons
Back in the 1960s, even the NRA supported gun control to disarm the group.
history.com/articles/black-p…
The Dangerous Expansion of Stand-Your-Ground Laws and its Racial Implications
firearmslaw.duke.edu/2022/01…
Why the NRA Has Been A Disaster for Black People
motherjones.com/politics/201…
VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES
The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality
theatlantic.com/video/index/…
White woman (experienced prosecutor) admits to the racism in the U.S. criminal justice system:
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The Truth About the 13th Amendment
youtube.com/watch?v=A4WC5Zgr…
From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay’s Film "13th" Examines Racist U.S. Justice System
youtube.com/watch?v=0CK7f8A4…
Did the 13TH AMENDMENT Really End Slavery??
youtube.com/watch?v=OD8IckXC…
The Economy of Incarceration: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
youtube.com/watch?v=39Axc3FI…
Why the Prison Industrial Complex is so Profitable
youtube.com/watch?v=2R880exf…
“$200 Billion Industry” - The U.S. Prison System Explained
youtube.com/watch?v=GOdGhris…
Angela Davis, "The Shifting Concept of the Prison Industrial Complex"
youtube.com/watch?v=TwBuA2ZK…
Angela Davis: Slavery and the Prison Industrial Complex
youtube.com/watch?v=BasNj57G…
Angela Davis - The Fallacy of Prison Reform
youtube.com/watch?v=LfnbnTs0…
Why The US Has So Many Prisoners
youtube.com/watch?v=cpGKvY0E…
New Ways Private Prisons Are Making Billions | System Error
youtube.com/watch?v=U1U_xQVS…
Stuff They Don't Want You to Know - Prisons and Profit
youtube.com/watch?v=d9JG03iA…
MISERY FOR PROFIT | The Business of Private Prisons
youtube.com/watch?v=qrCxHeOj…
Legalized Slavery - The Private Prison System
youtube.com/watch?v=w4VT5Svd…
Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World
youtube.com/watch?v=WNhlXUBN…
Why America Throws the Poor in Prison
youtube.com/watch?v=kHzLtjR_…
Mass Incarceration in the US
youtube.com/watch?v=NaPBcUUq…
PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - AN EXPLAINER
youtube.com/watch?v=OFQ2fkvX…
Additionally:
White Fragility - Dr. Robin DiAngelo
youtu.be/HrOFpaB-PQI?si=wgW0…
White People Are the Problem - Robin DiAngelo
youtu.be/H7fFsHivC94?si=vL9u…
Colorblind (2016) - Tim Wise
youtu.be/RmTHY_QnEdk?si=0mTM…
EXPOSING THE TRUTH: U.S.A. System Designed AGAINST Blacks - Tim Wise
youtube.com/watch?v=-CJIcHP_…
The History of Whiteness - Tim Wise
youtu.be/dfJAp7NwgVA?si=0gIc…
Breaking Down Critical Race Theory with Tim Wise
youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-HPi6r…
The Myth of Meritocracy and Rugged Individualism - Tim Wise
youtu.be/qKMxE4UgVss?si=J2Qk…
Dear White America - Tim Wise
youtu.be/cJbCVHA_584?si=_ofK…
Racism and Affluence - Tim Wise
youtu.be/OBPJopLRliI?si=QELw…
Racism Is A Product of Colonialism
youtu.be/29Gpdbgjjg8?si=0aci…
Deconstructing White Privilege
youtu.be/DwIx3KQer54?si=t5qm…
Post-Traumatic Slave Disorder - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/BGjSday7f_8?si=YrQr…
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/wZ2mnoHINyE?si=ktZA…
Post-Traumatic Slave Disorder, Part 2 - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/lNAtEXavTF4?si=YKvq…
White America’s Denial, Racism, and the Power of Truth - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/BGjSday7f_8?si=YrQr…
Years of Trauma, Illusions and Inclusion and Healing Cannot Happen Without Justice - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/qisbtha11_o?si=rNHF…
339 Years of Trauma, No Help. Freed, no help (Joy DeGruy)
x.com/kevskewl/status/203735…
Racism in the Public Health Crisis - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/SBU-76h6jOg?si=50PL…
White Racism vs. Black Racism - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtu.be/0mgYq5XKvLI?si=iowK…
Race in Black and White - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtube.com/live/S014vVVEtbk…
Horrible Impact of Integration, Racism, Lady Liberty & More - Dr. Joy Degruy
youtube.com/live/S014vVVEtbk…