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esr37-38_cv_esr37-38_cv 7/28/2017 1:37 PM Page 2 COLOR IS FOR APPROXIMATION ONLY – DO NOT USE FOR COLOR APPROVAL Volumes 37 and 38 Volumes National Association For Ethnic Studies Ethnic Studies Review Ethnic Studies Review Pages 1–154 Pages 2014-2015 2014-2015 Volumes 37 and 38 ISSN: 1555-1881 esr37-38_cv_esr37-38_cv 7/28/2017 1:37 PM Page 3 The National Association For Ethnic Studies Ethnic Studies Review (ESR) is the journal of the National Association For Ethnic Studies (NAES). ESR is a multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study of ethnicity, ethnic groups and their cultures, and inter-group relations. NAES has as its basic purpose the promotion of activities and scholarship in the field of Ethnic Studies. The Association is open to any person or institution and serves as a forum for its members in promoting research, study, and curriculum as well as producing publications of interest in the field. NAES sponsors an annual spring Ethnic Studies Review conference. Journal Information Editorial Board Editor Associate Editors Ron Scapp, College of Mount Saint Vincent David Aliano, College of Mount Saint Vincent Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts Ravi Perry, Virginia Commonwealth University ESR uses a policy of blind peer review. All papers are read by at least two Book Review Editor reviewers who are experts in the area. Manuscripts must not have been Emily M. Drew, Willamette University published previously or be under consideration by other publications. ESR seeks manuscripts of 7500 words or less, inclusive of notes and works cited. Editorial Advisory Board Endnotes rather than footnotes should be utilized, although these should be Edna Acosta-Belen Rosanne Kanhai kept to a minimum. If possible please follow the Chicago Manual of Style, University at Albany, SUNY Western Washington University double space all text, and use Times New Roman 12 point font. Given ESR is a multi-disciplinary journal other style formats will be considered. Submissions Jorge A. Bustamante Paul Lauter El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico) Trinity College must include a 200 word abstract, 200 word author biography, and 6-8 key words in order of importance. Duane W. Champagne Robert L. Perry University of California, Los Angeles Eastern Michigan University Manuscripts should be sent as attachments in Word, pdf, or rtf format to Laura Coltelli Otis L. Scott [email protected]. University de Pisa (Italy) California State University, Sacramento Russell Endo Alan Spector Other Correspondence University of Colorado Purdue University, Calumet Other inquiries and correspondences, such as back titles or advertising, should be directed to the National Office: David M. Gradwohl K. Victor Ujimoto National Association For Ethnic Studies Iowa State University University of Guelph (Canada) PO Box 842542 Maria Herrera-Sobek Irene Vernon Virginia Commonwealth University University of California, Irvine Colorado State University, Fort Collins Richmond, VA 23284 Evelyn Hu-DeHart John C. Walter Email: [email protected] Brown University University of Washington Subscriptions Vernon Johnson Bernard Young Membership in the NAES includes ESR* and The Ethnic Reporter newsletter, Western Washington University Arizona State University published in the Fall and Spring. Annual membership dues are based on the following income chart: Up to $24,000: $35, $24,001 - $36,000: $45, $36,001 Designed by Eileen Claveloux - $48,000: $55, $48,001 - $60,000: $65, $60,001 - $80,000: $75, $80,001 Ethnic Studies Review (ESR) is published by the National Association For Ethnic Studies for its and above: $85, Institution/Library: $65, Patron: $150, Life Membership: $500, individual and subscribing libraries and institutions. NAES is a member of the Council of Editors Associate Members (students/retirees): Above scale up to maximum of $40. of Learned Journals. Copyright©ESR, The National Association For Ethnic Studies, 2017. All Rights reserved. Written *Please note: ESR is included with memberships paying $65 and up. All others authorization to photocopy any part of this publication, store in a retrieval system, or transmit can order ESR for $15 per copy. Ethnic Reporter comes with all memberships. by any means must be obtained from NAES. Editor's Note: Please note that the actual date of publication of ESR Volumes 37 and 38 is Summer 2017. To provide continuity and consistency for cataloguing and research purposes, the Editorial Board is publishing the journal in the correct sequence even though we are behind in our publishing schedule. The journal will be current as of Fall 2017. 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 1 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\title381.txt unknown Seq: 1 19-JUN-17 12:17 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 1 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 1 Side B 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\title381.txt unknown Seq: 2 19-JUN-17 12:17 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 1 Side B 07/13/2017 11:07:28 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 2 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\toc381.txt unknown Seq: 3 19-JUN-17 12:17 ESR Ethnic Studies Review The Journal of the National Association for Ethnic Studies Volumes 37 and 38 Black Lives Matter Special Issue Table of Contents Black Lives Matter: Imagining and Realizing an Equitable Black Future Special Guest Editor’s Note by Ravi K. Perry ....................... 1 What the Black Lives Matter Movement Demands of Ethnic Studies Scholars A Foreword by Melina Abdullah ................................... 5 #Black Lives Matter Bahar Davary ..................................................... 11 Challenging the System? The Potential for Radical Politics in the 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 2 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 Age of Ferguson Danae Hart ....................................................... 15 Black Lives Matter: Decrypting Encrypted Racism Basil Ugorji ...................................................... 27 Hyphy Sparked a Social Movement Andrea L.S. Moore ................................................ 45 The Black Lives Matter Movement and Why the Response of All Lives Matter is Misleading Scott Loken ...................................................... 63 Against Critical Race Theory Paul C. Mocombe ................................................. 83 The Birth of a Cinematic Storyline Normalizing Violence against Black Lives James Curiel ...................................................... 107 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 2 Side B 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\toc381.txt unknown Seq: 4 19-JUN-17 12:17 The Color of Mass Incarceration Ronnie B. Tucker Sr. .............................................. 135 Being in One’s Place: Race, Ontology and the Killing of Trayvon Martin A Postscript by Ron Scapp ......................................... 151 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 2 Side B 07/13/2017 11:07:28 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 3 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\abs381.txt unknown Seq: 5 19-JUN-17 12:17 Ethnic Studies Review Volumes 37 and 38 Black Lives Matter Special Issue Abstracts #Black Lives Matter Bahar Davary University of San Diego This short story begins with a reference to the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer as part of a pattern of behavior that shouts loud and clear: “black lives don’t matter”. The story traces the injustices of slavery and life and work on the plantations. It takes us from Jim Crow laws in the U.S. to the stifling of the national movement of the Congolese, from assassination of Patrice Lumumba, to the killings of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. In short, the story is a reflection on the responsibility of educators in addressing the topic that Du Bois called “the problem of the century” over a hundred years ago. It points to the importance of discussing it in various disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields including religious studies, sociology, history, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, linguistics, etc Challenging the System? The Potential for Radical Politics in the Age of Ferguson 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 3 Side A 07/13/2017 11:07:28 Danae Hart Claremont Graduate University As a social movement continues to grow challenging the justice system that fails to prosecute and convict police officers use of deadly force, it is crucial to note what hegemonic constructs maintain the institutional power structures that continue to harm people of color. When police officers are acquitted when they inflict deadly harm on unarmed citizens the justice system is working to maintain the power structures that devalues Black lives. When hegemonic power structures perpetuate injustice it appears necessary to challenge and deconstruct the system as a whole. Do the protest movements choose to challenge hegemony or rather seek to conform to the ideals of the justice system? I ask this question utilizing a Cultural Studies framework putting Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, and Slavoj Zizek in conversation with each other in order to illuminate how activism must contend with hegemony. Activist movements do not seek to radically dismantle hegemony, but work 38876 esr_37 & 38 Sheet No. 3 Side B 07/13/2017 11:07:28 \\jciprod01\productn\E\ESR\37-38\abs381.txt unknown Seq: 6 19-JUN-17 12:17 within it in ways that reform and redefine how the concept of justice can be present in the lived realities of communities of color. Black Lives Matter: Decrypting Encrypted Racism Basil Ugorji Nova Southeastern University The agitation of the Black Lives Matter movement has dominated the public discourse in the United States. Mobilized against the killing of unarmed black people, the movement and their sympathizers have made a series of demands for justice and dignity for the black people. However, many critics have raised concern over the legitimacy of the phrase, black lives matter since all lives irrespective of race, should matter. This article does not intend to pursue the ongoing debate over the semantic use of black lives or all lives.