The Crime Without a Name by Barrett Holmes Pitner

The Crime Without a Name traces the historical origins of ethnocide in the United States, examines the personal, lived consequences of existing within an ongoing erasure, and offers ways for readers to combat and overcome our country’s ethnocidal foundation. The Crime Without a Name traces the historical origins of ethnocide in the United States, examines the personal, lived consequences of existing within an ongoing erasure, and offers ways for listeners to combat and overcome our country’s ethnocidal foundation. Just as the concept of genocide radically reshaped our perception of human rights in the twentieth century, reframing discussions about race and culture in terms of ethnocide can change the way we understand our diverse and rapidly evolving racial and political climate in a time of increased visibility around police brutality and systemic racism. Aims to connect, amplify and share ideas that ultimately mobilize. : The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America (9781640094840) by Pitner, Barrett Holmes and a great selection of. For Black Americans, who have endured this atrocity for generations, this erasure dates back to the transatlantic slave trade and reached new resonance in a post-Trump world. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term 'genocide'), describes the systemic erasure of a people’s ancestral culture. In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America.Ĭan new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? The Crime Without a Name follows Pitner’s journey to identify and remedy the linguistic void in how we discuss race and culture in the United States. Best of 2021 Selection The Crime Without a Name guides readers through the historical origins of ethnocide - the destruction of a people's culture while keeping the people - in the United States, while examining the personal, lived consequences of existing within an ongoing erasure.

The Crime Without a Name by Barrett Holmes Pitner