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Author Event: Menika Dirkson’s Hope and Struggle in the Policed City

February 4 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Hope and Struggle in the Policed City: Black Criminalization and Resistance in Philadelphia聽explores how concerns about poverty-induced Black crime cultivated by police, journalists, and city officials sparked a rise in tough-on-crime policing in Philadelphia.聽 Dirkson’s book reveals how a city government’s budgetary strategy can function as racial capitalism relies on criminal scapegoating.

From 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

 

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Date:
February 4
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Chestnut Hill Library
8711 Germantown Avenue (Germantown Ave. & Bethlehem Pike)
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
Phone
215- 685-9290
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