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Virtually White: The Crisis of Whiteness, Racial Rule, and Affect in the Digital Age

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This dissertation is situated at the intersection of critical philosophy of race, affect theory, and new media studies. The dominant questions of my research consider what new problems and avenues of thought the digital age and social media open up for the study of race. This focus includes the ways...

Keyword:

Whiteness, Race, and Affect

Subject:

African-American Studies

Creator:

Christine Goding-Doty

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

10/28/2019

Date Modified:

10/28/2019

Date Created:

2018-01-01
The Origins of New Yorks Stop-and-Frisk: Police, Race, and Civil Rights Activism, 1957-1968

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This dissertation examines the origins and social impact of New York stop-and-frisk law, which authorizes police to stop, question and frisk people without a warrant or probable cause to believe crime was committed. Several observers associate it with a recent history of racial profiling, or conservative policing practices of 1990s...

Keyword:

Race, Black struggles, Prison, Police, Crime, and Civil Rights

Subject:

African-American Studies

Creator:

DWAYNE Adula NASH

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

10/08/2019

Date Modified:

11/20/2019

Date Created:

2018-01-01

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Dissertation