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US Schools are a “Carceral” and “Punitive Landscape”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
16 Sep 2019
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For students of color in the US, schooling has long been a “carceral condition,” said Connie Wun, a researcher and advocate for women and girls, who wrote an influential article titled, “Racialized and Gendered Violence Permeates School Discipline.” “We now have to think about the architecture of the school as a punitive landscape where students are subjected to surveillance cameras” and more police on campus,” said Wun.

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