Policing
How Police in São Paulo and LA Keep People “Black, Poor, & Peripheral”
An international study of policing in Brazil and the U.S. highlights how racial and economic exclusion are enforced through violent state practices.
racial capitalism
6 posts in ‘racial capitalism’
racial capitalism
From Chain Gangs to the “Modern” Southern Prison
Over the course of the twentieth century, southern moderates claimed to pursue growth and modernization, even as they more permanently enshrined a racialized carceral state.
A closer look
Making an Example of Luigi Mangione
The criminal legal system aims to send a message by massively overcharging him: it will defend racial capitalism above all else.
A closer look
United in Hate
White civilians often spontaneously cooperate in acts of racial hatred. It’s a web of racist solidarity that Black people know all too well.
racial capitalism
Extracting Police
Violent policing is not a bug of capitalist societies but a feature. To end our dependence on it, we must first understand its connection to exploitation.
racial capitalism
Bad Credit
Credit scoring is control by another name. It keeps marginalized people from the means of survival and exposes them to punishment.