Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-110).
Contents:
Introduction -- Evolution of my ideas about justice. 2. Ubuntu: the indigenous ethos of restorative justice -- Indigenous wisdom and justice -- Resurgence of Indigenous knowledges -- Restorative justice and African Indigenous justice -- 3. Integrating racial justice and restorative justice -- Race and racism in the United States -- Restorative justice as a social movement -- Race and social movements -- Race matters in restorative justice practice -- Healing matters in racial justice movements -- 4. Race, restorative justice, and schools -- Education as a liberatory practice -- Zero tolerance school discipline -- Racial disparities -- Restorative justice in schools -- Tips for reducing racial disparities in school discipline -- Conclusion -- 5. Restorative justice and transforming mass incarceration -- Roots of the US punishment system -- Chain gangs and peonage -- Abolition of debt slavery -- The Neo-Slavery of mass incarceration -- Prison activism and abolitionism -- Restorative justice and mass incarceration -- Integrating activism and restorative justice -- 6. Toward a racial reckoning: imagining a truth process for police violence -- Police violence -- The truth and reconciliation model -- Toward a US truth process to address police violence -- Holistic approaches -- Envisioned outcomes -- Truth and reconciliation -- Conclusion -- 7. A way forward -- Introduction -- Facing and repairing history's pain -- Evolution of my ideas about justice.
Summary:
"Racial Justice and Restorative Justice Working Together to Transform the Black Experience in America This timely work will inform scholars and practitioners on the subjects of pervasive racial inequity and the healing offered by restorative justice practices. Addressing the intersectionality of race and the US criminal justice system, social activist Fania Davis explores how restorative justice has the capacity to disrupt patterns of mass incarceration through effective, equitable, and transformative approaches. Eager to break the still-pervasive, centuries-long cycles of racial prejudice and trauma in America, Davis unites the racial justice and restorative justice movements, aspiring to increase awareness of deep-seated problems as well as positive action toward change. In The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice, Davis highlights real restorative justice initiatives that function from a racial justice perspective; these programs are utilized in schools, justice systems, and communities, intentionally seeking to ameliorate racial disparities and systemic inequities. Furthermore, she looks at initiatives that strive to address the historical harms against African Americans throughout the nation. This newest addition the Justice and Peacebuilding series is a much needed and long overdue examination of the issue of race in America as well as a beacon of hope as we learn to work together to repair damage, change perspectives, and strive to do better"-- Provided by publisher.
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