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How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report

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Bentley-Edwards, KL; Edwards, MC; Spence, CN; Darity, WA; Hamilton, D; Perez, J
Published in: RSF
September 1, 2018

Using an intersectional lens of race and gender, this article offers a critique of the Kerner Commission report and fills the gap of the missing analysis of white rage and of black women. A protracted history of white race riots resulted in the loss of black lives, black-owned property, and constitutional rights. However, only black riots, marked by the loss of white-owned property but few white lives, was the issue that prompted the forma tion of a national commission to investigate the events. Then and now, the privileging of white property rights over black life and liberty explains why black revolts result in presidential commissions, but white terror campaigns have never led to any comparable study.

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2377-8261

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2377-8253

Publication Date

September 1, 2018

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4

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6

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20 / 40
 

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Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Edwards, M. C., Spence, C. N., Darity, W. A., Hamilton, D., & Perez, J. (2018). How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report. RSF, 4(6), 20–40. https://doi.org/10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.02
Bentley-Edwards, K. L., M. C. Edwards, C. N. Spence, W. A. Darity, D. Hamilton, and J. Perez. “How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report.” RSF 4, no. 6 (September 1, 2018): 20–40. https://doi.org/10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.02.
Bentley-Edwards KL, Edwards MC, Spence CN, Darity WA, Hamilton D, Perez J. How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report. RSF. 2018 Sep 1;4(6):20–40.
Bentley-Edwards, K. L., et al. “How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report.” RSF, vol. 4, no. 6, Sept. 2018, pp. 20–40. Scopus, doi:10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.02.
Bentley-Edwards KL, Edwards MC, Spence CN, Darity WA, Hamilton D, Perez J. How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report. RSF. 2018 Sep 1;4(6):20–40.

Published In

RSF

DOI

EISSN

2377-8261

ISSN

2377-8253

Publication Date

September 1, 2018

Volume

4

Issue

6

Start / End Page

20 / 40