The Scandal of White Complicity in US Hyper-incarceration

Table of Contents Series Editor Preface; Mary Jo Iozzio Foreword; Sister Helen Prejean Introduction: The Invisibility of White Complicity in Hyper- incarceration; Laurie Cassidy and Alex Mikulich Acknowledgments Part I: STRUCTURE Chapter 1: Hyper-Incarceration of African Americans and Latinos in Historical Context; Alex Mikulich Vital Prison Statistics The Construction of Whiteness in U.S. Law The Enduring 'Cultural Logic' of Lynching and Three White Myths The Emergence of the 'New Jim Crow' The Economic Perversity of 'Fortress America' Chapter 2: White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-incarceration; Alex Mikulich White Soul The Pathology of White Segregation: An Enduring Marker of Race in America The Historical Structuring of American Segregation White Habitus and the Four Walls of White Imprisonment Conclusion Part II: CULTURE Chapter 3: The Myth of the Dangerous Black Man; Laurie Cassidy The Picture in Our Heads Slavery and the Myth of the Dangerous Black Man White Christian Amnesia and Anamnesis Chapter 4: Hip Hop and the Seditious Reinvention of the Dangerous Black Man; Laurie Cassidy The Prophetic Voice of Hip Hop Hip Hop and the Reinvention of Nat Turner Conclusion Part III: SPIRITUALITY Chapter 5: A Spirituality of White Non-violent Resistance to the Reality of Hyper incarceration; Margaret Pfeil The Beatitudes: A Framework for a Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance Chapter 6: Contemplative Action: Toward Nonviolent White Resistance to Hyper- Incarceration; Margaret Pfeil Making Whiteness Visible: Complicity Accountability and Awareness The Circle Process: A Public Space of Accountability Systemic Change: Facing the Dark Night of Impasse Conclusion Index