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The United States is not post-racial, despite claims otherwise. The days of lynching have been replaced with a pernicious modern racism and race-based violence equally strong and more difficult to untangle. This violence too often results in the killing of Black Americans, particularly males. While society may believe we have transcended race, contemporary history tells another story with the recent killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others. While their deaths are tragic, the greater tragedy is that incidents making the news are only a fraction of the assault on communities of color in. This volume takes seriously the need for concentrated and powerful dialogue to emerge in the wake of these murders that illuminates the assault in a powerful and provocative way. Through a series of essays, written by leading and emerging academics in the field of race studies, the short conversations in this collection challenge readers to contemplate the myth of post-raciality, and the real nature of the assaults on communities of color. The essays in this volume, all under 2000 words, cut to the heart of the matter using current assaults as points of departure and is relevant to education, sociology, law, social work, and criminology.

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We live in a time when racial tension is bubbling up and seeping through the cracks in the sidewalk. It is imperative that we as educators take to the streets and classrooms to change the hearts and minds of young people to provide opportunities to and solidify the dignity of all. In The Assault on Communities of Color, Fasching-Varner, Hartlep, and their colleagues make it crystal clear that we cannot wait any longer to stand up, and rise up, against injustice.--Marybeth Gasman, professor, University of Pennsylvania

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Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, Shirley B. Barton Endowed Professor, College of Human Sciences and Education, Louisiana State UniversityNicholas D. Hartlep, Assistant Professor, College of Education, College of Education, Illinois State University Lori L. Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Louisiana State University Cleveland Hayes, Associate Professor, College of Education and Organizational Leadership, University of Laverne Roland W. Mitchell, Interim Associate Dean and Associate Professor, College of Human Sciences and Education, Louisiana State UniversityChaunda M. Allen-Mitchell, Director Office of Multicultural Affairs, Louisiana State University

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