Kristin Henning, "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth" (Pantheon Books, 2021)
Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience rep\xadresenting Black youth in Washington, D.C.'s juve\xadnile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America's irrational, manufactured fears of these young peo\xadple and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children.\nHenning explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear, resent, and resist the police, and she details the long-term consequences of rac\xadism that they experience at the hands of the police and their vigilante surrogates. She makes clear that unlike White youth, who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries, experiment with sex and drugs, and figure out who they are and who they want to be, Black youth are seen as a threat to White Amer\xadica and are denied healthy adolescent development. She examines the criminalization of Black adoles\xadcent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair, and music. She limns the effects of police presence in schools and the depth of police-induced trauma in Black adolescents.\nEspecially in the wake of the recent unprece\xaddented, worldwide outrage at racial injustice and inequality,\xa0The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth\xa0(Pantheon Books, 2021) is an essential book for our moment.\nDonations to the Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative can be made\xa0here.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law