Rodrigo's Eighth Chronicle: Black Crime, White Fears -- On the Social Construction of Threat
30 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2012
Date Written: March 1, 1994
Abstract
Discusses how society has constructed African Americans, unfairly, as dangerous and criminal. Shows how statistics fail to support the common assumption that black crime is more extensive and damaging to society than that perpetrated by other groups, especially upper-class whites in executive suites. Shows that white, not black, crime is more likely to get you killed or raid your pocketbook than all street crime combined.
Keywords: crime, white-collar crime, social construction, race and racism, critical race theory
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Delgado, Richard, Rodrigo's Eighth Chronicle: Black Crime, White Fears -- On the Social
Construction of Threat (March 1, 1994). Virginia Law Review, Vol. 80, 1994, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2102715
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