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Due to societal preconceptions about who should be criminalized and who should not be, there is a... more Due to societal preconceptions about who should be criminalized and who should not be, there is an abundance of research to support the notion that there is a disproportionate amount of people of color in prisons. Even after controlling for the rates of crime between different racial backgrounds, people of color are still disproportionately incarcerated in America in an effort to
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This paper grew out of conversations with the people who were on the ground during the Charlotte ... more This paper grew out of conversations with the people who were on the ground during the Charlotte Uprising, which started after Keith Scott was killed in September 2016. It can be understood that intersections of identity affect access to voice as organizers in the work. Often, people with multiple intersecting, oppressing identities had their voices valued less during the uprising.
Even though many of the organizers were black, and were queer-identified or gender non-binary, they did not value black transgender and/or queer organizers. In addition to this, the younger organizers (some of who were in their teens) also by many of the other organizers.
The resilient transgender and queer youth, who also identify as people of color, fought hard throughout The Charlotte Uprising. In addition to this, the transgender and queer youth contributed greatly to the movement as a whole, despite how little they were appreciated by many of the organizations with which they worked. This paper will address how these resilient youth set the foundation for conversations with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, a foundation for jail solidarity for future direct actions, and a foundation for white anti-racist work to take place in the future in Charlotte.
Due to societal preconceptions about who should be criminalized and who should not be, there is a... more Due to societal preconceptions about who should be criminalized and who should not be, there is an abundance of research to support the notion that there is a disproportionate amount of people of color in prisons. Even after controlling for the rates of crime between different racial backgrounds, people of color are still disproportionately incarcerated in America in an effort to
This paper grew out of conversations with the people who were on the ground during the Charlotte ... more This paper grew out of conversations with the people who were on the ground during the Charlotte Uprising, which started after Keith Scott was killed in September 2016. It can be understood that intersections of identity affect access to voice as organizers in the work. Often, people with multiple intersecting, oppressing identities had their voices valued less during the uprising.
Even though many of the organizers were black, and were queer-identified or gender non-binary, they did not value black transgender and/or queer organizers. In addition to this, the younger organizers (some of who were in their teens) also by many of the other organizers.
The resilient transgender and queer youth, who also identify as people of color, fought hard throughout The Charlotte Uprising. In addition to this, the transgender and queer youth contributed greatly to the movement as a whole, despite how little they were appreciated by many of the organizations with which they worked. This paper will address how these resilient youth set the foundation for conversations with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, a foundation for jail solidarity for future direct actions, and a foundation for white anti-racist work to take place in the future in Charlotte.