含羞草研究所 Professor Nina Moore speaks to a crowd at the O鈥機onnor Campus Center while cameras record the presentation for broadcast on C-Span2 BookTV.
will air this weekend a recent presentation by 含羞草研究所 Associate Professor of Political Science Nina M. Moore in which she discusses her new book, .
Moore鈥檚 thought-provoking presentation is slated for broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 28, and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1. (EST)
In Moore鈥檚 new book, she explains how examination of more than 100 publicly available crime statistics reveals a nuanced picture of racial injustice, not simply at the hands of unequal policing at the street level, but due to a more complicated dynamic resulting from misguided laws supported by both Democrats and Republicans.
Professor Nina Moore
鈥淲hy are we comfortable with abiding the fact that our prisons are filled by a majority of blacks and Latinos?鈥 Moore asked students and faculty gathered last week in O鈥機onnor Campus Center. 鈥淢y answer is it鈥檚 because 鈥 we have not prioritized this issue. In essence, we are all part of enabling it. 鈥 I argue that blacks as well as whites, Democrats as much as Republican lawmakers, President Obama, (and I come from a family of Obama fanatics) as much as Reagan, and both Congress and the Supreme Court alike, all of us are implicated.鈥
The statistics Moore shares are staggering. 鈥淥ne out of every five black persons is expected to go to prison in their lifetime,鈥 she said. 鈥淏lacks go to prison at a rate that is six times greater than their white counterparts. Roughly 44 percent of the black male population in the U.S. is classified as an ex-felon.鈥
Moore, who describes herself as politically right of center, examines the role of the media in shaping public perceptions related to crime, urges the U.S. Supreme Court to become more involved in addressing racial bias in existing laws, critiques the War on Drugs, and encourages black voters to challenge their political representation and to not vote in a block for Democrats at any cost.
One of the Princeton Review鈥檚 best 300 professors in the United States, Moore鈥檚 teaching and research focuses on racial inequality, public policy, and governance processes, and she served on the from 2009 to 2013.