Protecting Our Own Race, Crime, and African Americans

by Russell-Brown, Katheryn

• ISBN13: 9780742545700
• ISBN10: 0742545709
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Protecting Our Own explores the new implications of the black protectionism phenomenon-wherein African Americans feel a protective response towards African American politicians and celebrities in legal battles-as more and more African Americans find themselves in the spotlight. Russell-Brown details the history of this phenomenon and ponders its future in light of recent trials of African American celebrities like OJ Simpson and R. Kelly. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Katheryn Russell-Brown is professor of law and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Derrick Bell	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Chapter 1 "Loving O.J.": An Overview
Chapter 2 Deep Roots and Long Branches	21	(18)
Chapter 3 Clarence Thomas, O.J. Simpson, Jesse Jackson, and R. Kelly: Strange Bedfellows	39	(28)
Chapter 4 Talking Community	67	(20)
Chapter 5 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	87	(22)
Chapter 6 Critical Black Protectionism	109	(24)
Chapter 7 Concluding Thoughts, New Directions	133	(14)
Appendix	147	(12)
Notes	159	(20)
Selected Bibliography	179	(6)
Index	185	(4)
About the Author	189