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Explores the tacit and subtle ways that deviance is systematically linked to people of colour

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Media Messages 2 The Skin Game 3 History's Strange Fruit 4 Discrimination or Disparity? 5 Are We Still Talking about O. J.? 6 Racial Hoaxes 7 White Crime 8 Race and Crime Literacy Appendix A: Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2000 Appendix B: Racial Hoaxes: Summaries of Ninety-Two Cases Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

About the Author

Katheryn Russell-Brown is Levin, Mabie, and Levin Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. She is the author of Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans and Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires, and has also written three children’s books, including She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm.

Reviews

"[A] useful history of American rabbis serving as chaplains in the country's armed forces.. . . Utilizing archival materials and interviews with past and present chaplains, the author has enriched his work."-"Journal of American History",

"Chaplain Slomovitz has opened the door to a previously undocumented, untold chapter of the history of the Jews in America. The Fighting Rabbis should be read with great pride by the Jewish American community, and with admiration by all others."-Vice Admiral Bernard M. Kauderer(Ret.),

"Slomovitz has pointed the way towards what could become a new and fascinating dimension of Jewish military history."-"H-Net reviews",

"The Fighting Rabbis surges with true and exciting stories of faith and fortitude little known to the American public. How I wish it were required reading for all military chaplains, and for all clergy and military leaders who care about God's ministry among our men and women in the armed services. Rabbi Slomovitz has granted us a record of great significance." -"Rear Admiral Donald K. Muchow",

"Very readable . . .an inspiring testimonial of heroic behavior and of ongoing Jewish commitment to the US and its military."-"Choice",