Título: Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Autor: Paul Butler
Sinopse: Finalist for the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards
Nominated for the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)
A 2017 Washington Post Notable Book
A Kirkus Best Book of 2017
“Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom of his early thesis: The justice system does not work for blacks, particularly black men.”
―The Washington Post
“The most readable and provocative account of the consequences of the war on drugs since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow . . . .”
―The New York Times Book Review
“Powerful . . . deeply informed from a legal standpoint and yet in some ways still highly personal”
―The Times Literary Supplement (London)
With the eloquence of Ta-Nehisi Coates and the persuasive research of Michelle Alexander, a former federal prosecutor explains how the system really works, and how to disrupt it
Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread―all with the support of judges and politicians.
In his no-holds-barred style, Butler, whose scholarship has been featured on 60 Minutes, uses new data to demonstrate that white men commit the majority of violent crime in the United States. For example, a white woman is ten times more likely to be raped by a white male acquaintance than be the victim of a violent crime perpetrated by a black man. Butler also frankly discusses the problem of black on black violence and how to keep communities safer―without relying as much on police.
Chokehold powerfully demonstrates why current efforts to reform law enforcement will not create lasting change. Butler's controversial recommendations about how to crash the system, and when it's better for a black man to plead guilty―even if he's innocent―are sure to be game-changers in the national debate about policing, criminal justice, and race relations.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Chokehold: Policing Black Men”, de Paul Butler, publicado pela editora The New Press, em 2017 e com 256 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: The New Press
Páginas: 256
Ano: 2017-07-11
Edição: Illustrated
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1595589058
ISBN13: 9781595589057
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora The New Press apresentam uma leitura que mescla rigor investigativo e compromisso social, frequentemente abordando temas de justiça, direitos humanos e crítica cultural. O catálogo reúne obras que exploram tanto análises históricas detalhadas, como relatos de movimentos sociais, quanto reflexões políticas e religiosas progressistas, sempre com um tom que convida à reflexão profunda. A linguagem varia entre o acessível e o denso, com narrativas que podem ser tanto documentais quanto ensaísticas, mantendo um ritmo que privilegia o contexto e a complexidade dos temas. Há obras que combinam relatos pessoais e entrevistas com análises acadêmicas, mostrando um interesse constante por histórias de resistência e transformação social.
