Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Khalil Gibran Muhammad is a professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, Suzanne Young Murray professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America.

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The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing

A new documentary on Michael Brown comes just in time.

May 17, 2018 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable

It’s a strategy long in the making.

Jan 15, 2018 / Feature / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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We Are Donald Trump We Are Donald Trump

The election removed our self-deceptions—our blindfolds—and now we stand naked before ourselves.

Dec 6, 2016 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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Ava DuVernay Reminds Us: The Past Must Be Present in Criminal-Justice Reform Ava DuVernay Reminds Us: The Past Must Be Present in Criminal-Justice Reform

Her new documentary explains how the “slavery loophole” perpetuates racial disparities in mass incarceration.

Oct 11, 2016 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’ Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’

Even as activists are organizing against police violence, many Americans continue to see blacks as criminals—and want our police to act accordingly.

Nov 29, 2014 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

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