Week 8 – Day 2 – The Punitive State: Policing of Black Bodies from Childhood to Adulthood

Today is a LIVE class day! We will be meeting in our Virtual Classroom on Blackboard. See you there!

Today we will be having a group discussion about the readings for this week. Think about the following questions and be prepared to discuss as a class and in small groups:

• Robyn Maynard, Policing Black Lives
  • Chapter Three: Arrested (In)justice (pages 83-113)
    • Think about your own encounters and/or relationship with the police. How has it shaped your perception of policing? Has it changed after reading the chapter?
    • How do Racial Profiling and surveillance play a part in who is viewed as criminals? Give Examples.
    • Maynard Describes policing practices as “self-fulfilling prophecies” What does she mean by this?
  • Chapter Five: Misogynoir in Canada (pages 128-157)
    • Why is an intersectional lens important to understanding anti-black racism and how can it be useful in evaluating the experiences of black gender non-conforming people?
• Lockhart, P.R. (2019, May 16). A new report shows how racism and bias deny black girls their childhoods. Vox. [link]
  • Lockhart highlights how Black girls are not afforded the privileges of childhood. What are some examples of these privileges? How does the absence of these privileges affect black childhood?
  • How does the adultification bias affect the way black children are treated by institutions? Provide examples