{"product_id":"creating-justice-in-a-multiracial-democracy_9780807782514","title":"Creating Justice in a Multiracial Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Together, with the values and vision of the Kerner Commission as helpful guides, we can—and we will—build the kind of society that those who came before us dreamed of.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e —From the Foreword by Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican democracy is at an inflection point. Will we stride toward the 22nd century with evidence and will? Or will we lurch fearfully backwards, reinscribing the white supremist domination of the 19th century?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter hundreds of urban protests in the 1960s, the presidential Kerner Commission, composed mainly of privileged white men, concluded, “ \u003cb\u003eIt is time to make good the promise of American democracy to all citizens\u003c\/b\u003e—urban and rural, white and Black, Spanish surname, American Indian and every minority group.” Today it still is time—to reduce racial injustice, economic inequality, and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the Kerner Commission, there has been little or no progress in some areas, and in other ways things have gotten worse. Yet the visionaries on these pages are passionate about how the problem is not lack of resources, nor a dearth of knowledge on the economic, education, youth investment, criminal justice, public health, and housing policies that work. Rather, \u003cb\u003ethe problem is that America still does not have the “new will” the Kerner Commission concluded was needed to scale up what works\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to create “new will”? \u003c\/b\u003eWe need to identify those who are thwarting majoritarian preferences. Use strengthened voter rights and new messaging techniques to advance Dr. King’s economic justice movement based on \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e class and race. Weave the middle class into the coalition. Know that perfect unity is not necessary for effective collaboration. Better expose the exploitation of Americans by the privileged and the rigged system with its big myth of market fundamentalism. Make clear how that exploitation is smoke-screened by cultural deniers. Build moral language and moral fusion coalitions to revive the heart of democracy and advance a Third Reconstruction. Recover a moral commitment to long-term struggle. Balance outraged intensity with bridge-building persuasion. Don’t just preach to the choir—but recognize that the choir is where, to use John Lewis’ phrase, good trouble starts. Strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations. \u003cb\u003eBase action on evidence and science, not on ideology, supposition, disinformation, and misinformation. \u003c\/b\u003eAdvocate for how universities can better engage their communities. And create a Harry Belafonte-like infrastructure of hope and empathy through the visual arts, monuments, and the performing arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough this book\u003c\/b\u003e, and through its companion volume—the republication of the original Kerner Report of 1968—\u003cb\u003ewe commit to enhancing the movement and healing our divided society\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings together public and private sector decision-makers, seminal thinkers, activists, advocates, students, and commonsense change-oriented scholars to address a broad range of economic, education, youth investment, criminal justice, public health, and housing issues requiring urgent action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuts through campaign rhetoric to focus on evidence and science, not on ideology, supposition, disinformation, and misinformation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines what we have learned since the Kerner Commission and updates trends in economic, education, police reform, youth development, public health, and housing policies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentifies what works and what doesn’t work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers core lessons and takeaways for creating new political will to reduce racial and economic injustice, inequality, and poverty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Barber, \u003c\/b\u003eDirector \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eCenter for Public Theology and Public Policy \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eYale University \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eCo-Chair \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eThe Poor People’s Campaign \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eMacArthur Fellow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBranville Bard, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJr.\u003c\/b\u003e, Vice President Public Safety \u0026amp; Chief of Police, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSindy M. Benavides\u003c\/b\u003e, President and CEO, Latino Victory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJared Bernstein, \u003c\/b\u003eChair \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eWhite House Council of Economic Advisors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCornell William Brooks, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eKennedy School of Government \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaTosha Brown, \u003c\/b\u003eCo-Founder \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Voters Matter Fund\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElliott Currie, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Criminology, Law and Society \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of California, Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Darling-Hammond, \u003c\/b\u003ePresident and CEO \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eLearning Policy Institute \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Education Emeritus \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eStanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Faris, \u003c\/b\u003eSenior Researcher \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eBerkman Center for Internet and Society \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University Law School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Feuer, \u003c\/b\u003eDean \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eSchool of Education and Human Development \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Washington University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNazgol Ghandnoosh\u003c\/b\u003e, Co-Director of Research, The Sentencing Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Gross\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Sociology, Colby College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Huynh\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAid)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Jackson, \u003c\/b\u003ePresident and CEO \u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eSchott Foundation for Public Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith LeBlanc\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director, Native Organizers Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlton Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e, Co-Creator\/Co-Director, Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program, Emory University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Milner\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Vice President of Evidence and Evaluation. 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