In our era of mass incarceration, gun violence, and Black Lives
Matters, a handbook showing how racial justice and restorative justice
can transform the African-American 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 E. 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.
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. Chapters include:
Chapter 1: The Journey to Racial Justice and Restorative Justice
Chapter 2: Ubuntu: The Indigenous Ethos of Restorative Justice
Chapter 3: Integrating Racial Justice and Restorative Justice
Chapter 4: Race, Restorative Justice, and Schools
Chapter 5: Restorative Justice and Transforming Mass Incarceration
Chapter 6: Toward a Racial Reckoning: Imagining a Truth Process for
Police Violence
Chapter 7: A Way Forward
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.
