An NBA veteran offers engaging interviews and reflections that explore police brutality, white supremacy, and the struggle for racial justice in America.
"Thomas's interviews demand careful reading by all who want to expose racism, hold police accountable, and create an American society that practices social justice." - Library Journal, a Best Book of the Year in Political Science/Civil Rights "My family and I are extremely grateful for the support and love from my brother in the movement, Etan Thomas." -Emerald Garner, daughter of Eric Garner Etan Thomas, an eleven-year NBA veteran and lifelong advocate for social justice, weaves together his personal experiences with police violence and white supremacy with multiple interviews of family members of victims of police brutality like exonerated Central Park Five survivor Raymond Santana and Rodney King's daughter Lora Dene King; as well as activist athletes and other public figures such as Steph Curry, Chuck D, Isiah Thomas, Sue Bird, Jake Tapper, Jemele Hill, Stan Van Gundy, Kyle Korver, Mark Cuban, Rick Strom, and many more. Thomas speaks with retired police officers about their efforts to change policing, and white allies about their experiences with privilege and their ability to influence other white people. Thomas also examines the history of racism, white supremacy, and the prevalence of both in the current moment. He looks at the origins of white supremacy in the US, dating back to the country's inception, and explores how it was interwoven into Christianity--interviewing leading voices both in and outside of the church. Finally, with prominent voices in the media and education, Thomas discusses the continued cultivation of these injustices in American society. Police Brutality and White Supremacy demands accountability and justice for those responsible for and impacted by police violence and terror. It offers practical solutions to work against the promotion of white supremacy in law enforcement, Christianity, early education, and across the public sphere. Featuring original interviews with: Steph Curry, Chuck D, Yamiche Alcindor, Isiah Thomas, Jemele Hill, Craig Hodges, Stan Van Gundy, Mark Cuban, Jake Tapper, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Sue Bird, Kyle Korver, Rick Strom, Cenk Uygur, Tim Wise, Chris Broussard, Breanna Stewart, Rex Chapman, Stephen Jackson, Kori Mccoy, Lora Dene King, Chikesia Clemons, Raymond Santana, Alissa Findley, Amber and Ashley Carr, Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Abiodun Oyewole, Marc Lamont Hill, Officer Carlton Berkley, Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr., Officer Joe Ested, Captain Sonia Pruitt, and Bishop Talbert Swan.Autorentext
ETAN THOMAS, a former eleven-year NBA player, was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has published multiple books including: We Matter: Athletes and Activism (voted a top ten best activism book of all time by BookAuthority), More than an Athlete, Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge, and Voices of the Future. Thomas received the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award as well as the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Legacy Award—both honoring his advocacy for social justice. He is a senior writer for BasketballNews.com and a regular contributor to the Guardian and The Undefeated. He can frequently be seen on MSNBC as a special correspondent and cohosts a weekly show with Dave Zirin called, The Collision: Where Sports and Politics Collide.
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Introduction
CHAPTER 1: RODNEY KING Lora Dene King Isiah Thomas Craig Hodges
CHAPTER 2: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE Raymond Santana Abiodun Oyewole Officer Carlton Berkley
CHAPTER 3: GEORGE FLOYD Stephen Jackson Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr.
CHAPTER 4: DEFUNDING THE POLICE Kori McCoy Marc Lamont Hill Officer Joe Ested
CHAPTER 5: BLACK WOMEN AND THE POLICE Chikesia Clemons Yamiche Alcindor Captain Sonia Pruitt
CHAPTER 6: WHITE SUPREMACY AND THE US CAPITOL Jemele Hill Jake Tapper Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
CHAPTER 7: WHITE PRIVILEGE Sue Bird Kyle Korver Rick Strom
CHAPTER 8: WHITEWASHED EDUCATION AND MEDIA Cenk Uygur Tim Wise Chuck D
CHAPTER 9: WHITEWASHED CHRISTIANITY Bishop Talbert Swan Chris Broussard Steph Curry
CHAPTER 10: WHITE ALLIES/ACCOMPLICES Rex Chapman Breanna Stewart Stan Van Gundy Mark Cuban
CHAPTER 11: SISTERS OF THE MOVEMENT Alissa Findley (Sister of Botham Jean) Amber and Ashley Carr (Sisters of Atatiana Jefferson) Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa (Sisters of Sean Monterrosa)
AFTERWORD: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
"What do you see when you look at me?” a poem by Malcolm Thomas
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