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The Resource Nobody : casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond, Marc Lamont Hill

Nobody : casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond, Marc Lamont Hill

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Protests in Ferguson, Missouri and across the United States following the death of Michael Brown revealed something far deeper than a passionate display of age-old racial frustrations. They unveiled a public chasm that has been growing for years, as America has consistently and intentionally denied significant segments of its population access to full freedom and prosperity. In Nobody, scholar and journalist Marc Lamont Hill presents an analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable and disposable through the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice. These are the people considered "Nobody" in contemporary America. Through on-the-ground reporting and research, Hill shows how this Nobody class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit it in ways that are both humiliating and harmful. To make his case, Hill reconsiders the details of tragic events like the deaths of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, and Freddie Gray, and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. He delves deeply into a host of alarming trends including mass incarceration, overly aggressive policing, broken court systems, shrinking job markets, and the privatization of public resources, showing time and time again the ways the current system is designed to worsen the plight of the vulnerable
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xx, 250 pages
Contents
  • Nobody
  • Broken
  • Bargained
  • Armed
  • Caged
  • Emergency
  • Somebody
Isbn
9781501124969
Instance
Label
Nobody : casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond
Title
Nobody
Title remainder
casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond
Statement of responsibility
Marc Lamont Hill
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri and across the United States following the death of Michael Brown revealed something far deeper than a passionate display of age-old racial frustrations. They unveiled a public chasm that has been growing for years, as America has consistently and intentionally denied significant segments of its population access to full freedom and prosperity. In Nobody, scholar and journalist Marc Lamont Hill presents an analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable and disposable through the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice. These are the people considered "Nobody" in contemporary America. Through on-the-ground reporting and research, Hill shows how this Nobody class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit it in ways that are both humiliating and harmful. To make his case, Hill reconsiders the details of tragic events like the deaths of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, and Freddie Gray, and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. He delves deeply into a host of alarming trends including mass incarceration, overly aggressive policing, broken court systems, shrinking job markets, and the privatization of public resources, showing time and time again the ways the current system is designed to worsen the plight of the vulnerable
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hill, Marc Lamont
Dewey number
306.0973
Index
index present
LC call number
HN90.S62
LC item number
H55 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Social conflict
  • Social classes
  • Discrimination
  • African Americans
  • Police shootings
  • United States
  • United States
Label
Nobody : casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond, Marc Lamont Hill
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-240) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Nobody -- Broken -- Bargained -- Armed -- Caged -- Emergency -- Somebody
Control code
ocn953386889
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xx, 250 pages
Isbn
9781501124969
Lccn
2016023107
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)953386889
Label
Nobody : casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond, Marc Lamont Hill
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-240) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Nobody -- Broken -- Bargained -- Armed -- Caged -- Emergency -- Somebody
Control code
ocn953386889
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xx, 250 pages
Isbn
9781501124969
Lccn
2016023107
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)953386889

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