Citations for America Needs a Truth and Reconciliation Commission


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  1. Background reading on the genocide of indigenous peoples in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_indigenous_peoples#United_States_colonization_and_westward_expansion
     
  2. Washington Post. “They Was Killing Black People.” 28 September, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/09/28/feature/they-was-killing-black-people/

    Background reading on the Tulsa race massacre and the bombing of Black Wall Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
     
  3. The Guardian. “How white Americans used lynchings to terrorize and control black people.” J. Lartey. S. Morris. 26 April, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama

    Equal Justice Initiative. “Lynching in America – Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror.” No date provided (continually updated). https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/
     
  4. The Guardian. “How white Americans used lynchings to terrorize and control black people.” J. Lartey. S. Morris. 26 April, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama

    Equal Justice Initiative. “Lynching in America – Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror.” No date provided (continually updated). https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/
     
  5. Institute for Policy Studies. “Criminalization of Race and Poverty.” https://ips-dc.org/criminalization-of-race-and-poverty/

    Human Rights Watch. “Everyday Policing, Race and Poverty in Tulsa.” 12 September, 2019. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/12/everyday-policing-race-and-poverty-tulsa
     
  6. The Atlantic. “American Slavery, Reinvented.” W. Benns. 21 September, 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/ 
     
  7. Prison Policy Initiative. “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020.” W. Sawyer. P Wagner. 24 March, 2020. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html
     
  8. Institute for Justice. “Policing for Profit – the Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture.” D. Carpenter. L. Knepper. J. McDonald. (No date provided, material is continually updated). https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit/

    CATO institute. “Policing for Profit: The abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture.” 28 April, 2010. https://www.cato.org/events/policing-profit-abuse-civil-asset-forfeiture
     
  9. Institute for Justice. “Policing for Profit – the Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture.” D. Carpenter. L. Knepper. J. McDonald. (No date provided, material is continually updated). https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit/

    CATO institute. “Policing for Profit: The abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture.” 28 April, 2010. https://www.cato.org/events/policing-profit-abuse-civil-asset-forfeiture 
     
  10. Do not Resist documentary: http://www.donotresistfilm.com/

    Dave Grossman, "Enjoy the Killing," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEYhIX4cbM
     
  11. Background reading on Apartheid, South Africa’s official policies of racial segregation.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
     
  12. Government of South Africa. Official Truth and Reconciliation Website.   https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/
     
  13. List of Truth and Reconciliation Comissions throughout history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_truth_and_reconciliation_commissions
     
  14. Background reading on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa)#Process
     
  15. New York Tims 1619 project. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

    Ben and Jerry's. "Silence is NOT an option." https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/dismantle-white-supremacy