Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
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Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
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| Abstract |
The author traces the violent realities of anti-blackness in Montreal and across Canada from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. She examines the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates.
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Black Point, NS
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Fenwood Publishing
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2017
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| # of Pages |
292p.
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| Language |
en
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978-1-55266-980-8
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| Citation |
Maynard, Robyn. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present. Black Point, NS: Fenwood Publishing, 2017.
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