Crimes against humanity in the land of the free : can a truth and reconciliation process heal racial conflict in America? /
Crimes against humanity in the land of the free : can a truth and reconciliation process heal racial conflict in America? /
Imani Michelle Scott, editor ; foreword by Sean Byrne.
- xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.
A searching and moral inventory : considerations on a truth, reconciliation, and peace process in the United States / Collective neuroticism : consequences and manifestations of communal trauma / Imposing morality : cultural perspectives on truth, apologies, and forgiveness in the United States / Ideal culture vs. real culture : reflections on the links between America's core values and the values of truth and reconciliation initiatives / Assessing "effectiveness" and contemplating "justice" : employing case studies to inform an African American truth and reconciliation process / Revisiting history : examining post-slavery and post-Holocaust events for considerations on advancing atonement in the United States / An ethical imperative : the pursuit of truth, forgiveness, and reconciliation in Greensboro / Reconfiguring traditional prescriptive approaches to truth and reconciliation processes : adapting the elicitive-centered insight approach for the United States / The policing of the Black American male : transforming humiliation into humility in pursuit of truth and reconciliation / African American millennials in the age of Trayvon : keepin' it real / Moving forward to liberty and justice for all / Imani Michelle Scott -- Trina A. Brown and Bentley Gibson Wallace -- Anthony Sean Neal -- Mansa Bilal Mark King, Cindy Lutenbacher, and Leah Creque -- Toran Hansen -- Bini Litwin and Barbara Timmons Strahl -- Spoma Jovanovic and Sarah E. Hollingsworth -- Megan Price -- Tony Gaskew -- Jamila Lyn and Imani Michelle Scott -- Imani Michelle Scott.
"This vital book considers the compelling and addictive hold that racism has had on centuries of Americans, explores historical and contemporary norms complicit in the problem, and appeals to the U.S. government to improve race relations, rectify existent social imperfections, and guard against future race-based abuses. Presents the inescapable evidence of persistent social violence, inequalities, and injustices perpetrated against blacks within America's borders prior to and for centuries since the nation's founding Identifies the negative psycho-social consequences and harmful impact of "transgenerated trauma"based on the experiences of living in an overtly oppressive society for centurieson both the oppressed and the oppressor in America Emphasizes the necessity for all American citizens to share the responsibility for exposing historical truths, working through painful memories and realities, engaging in long-avoided dialogue, and implementing systems to assure a more just America for all its citizens." -- from Amazon.com.
9781440830433 1440830436
Greenwood Pub Group, C/O ABC Clio Po Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93116 SAN 857-7099
2014012299
GBB468577 bnb
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Truth commissions--United States.
Transitional justice--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--General.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation.
Race relations.
Transitional justice.
Truth commissions.
Ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Rassendiskriminierung.
Wahrheitskommission.
United States--Race relations.
United States.
USA.
KF4755 / .C745 2014
342.7308/73
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.
A searching and moral inventory : considerations on a truth, reconciliation, and peace process in the United States / Collective neuroticism : consequences and manifestations of communal trauma / Imposing morality : cultural perspectives on truth, apologies, and forgiveness in the United States / Ideal culture vs. real culture : reflections on the links between America's core values and the values of truth and reconciliation initiatives / Assessing "effectiveness" and contemplating "justice" : employing case studies to inform an African American truth and reconciliation process / Revisiting history : examining post-slavery and post-Holocaust events for considerations on advancing atonement in the United States / An ethical imperative : the pursuit of truth, forgiveness, and reconciliation in Greensboro / Reconfiguring traditional prescriptive approaches to truth and reconciliation processes : adapting the elicitive-centered insight approach for the United States / The policing of the Black American male : transforming humiliation into humility in pursuit of truth and reconciliation / African American millennials in the age of Trayvon : keepin' it real / Moving forward to liberty and justice for all / Imani Michelle Scott -- Trina A. Brown and Bentley Gibson Wallace -- Anthony Sean Neal -- Mansa Bilal Mark King, Cindy Lutenbacher, and Leah Creque -- Toran Hansen -- Bini Litwin and Barbara Timmons Strahl -- Spoma Jovanovic and Sarah E. Hollingsworth -- Megan Price -- Tony Gaskew -- Jamila Lyn and Imani Michelle Scott -- Imani Michelle Scott.
"This vital book considers the compelling and addictive hold that racism has had on centuries of Americans, explores historical and contemporary norms complicit in the problem, and appeals to the U.S. government to improve race relations, rectify existent social imperfections, and guard against future race-based abuses. Presents the inescapable evidence of persistent social violence, inequalities, and injustices perpetrated against blacks within America's borders prior to and for centuries since the nation's founding Identifies the negative psycho-social consequences and harmful impact of "transgenerated trauma"based on the experiences of living in an overtly oppressive society for centurieson both the oppressed and the oppressor in America Emphasizes the necessity for all American citizens to share the responsibility for exposing historical truths, working through painful memories and realities, engaging in long-avoided dialogue, and implementing systems to assure a more just America for all its citizens." -- from Amazon.com.
9781440830433 1440830436
Greenwood Pub Group, C/O ABC Clio Po Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93116 SAN 857-7099
2014012299
GBB468577 bnb
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Truth commissions--United States.
Transitional justice--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--General.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation.
Race relations.
Transitional justice.
Truth commissions.
Ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Rassendiskriminierung.
Wahrheitskommission.
United States--Race relations.
United States.
USA.
KF4755 / .C745 2014
342.7308/73