Preliminary Material / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner , Rema E. Reynolds , Katrice A. Albert and Lori L. Martin -- Introduction / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner , Lori L. Martin , Katrice A. Albert and Rema E. Reynolds -- Viciousness / Bryan Ellis -- Killing You is Justice / David Stovall -- Been There Done That / Lori Latrice Martin -- No Heroes Here / Kim L. Anderson -- The ‘Whitening’ of Latinos / Kathleen J. Fitzgerald -- Denying the Significance of Race / Cynthia Lee -- “He Looks Like He’s Up to No Good” / Kay S. Varela and Wendy Leo Moore -- “I am Not a Dog!” / Rashaad Thomas -- The Adultification of Black Boys / T. Elon Dancy III -- The Black Male / Daniel S. Harawa -- To Be or Not to Be / Paul M. Buckley -- Using African American Children’s Literature as a Model for ‘Writing Back’ Racial Wrongs / Ebony Joy Wilkins -- “I Don’t Think He Knows About It”/”He was Outraged / Margaret Ann Hagerman and Eric D. Vivier -- Limited and Limitless / Raygine Diaquoi -- Talking to my White Sons About Trayvon Martin / Laura S. Abrams -- Revolutionary in Uniform / Torin Jacobs -- Is it “Marissa” or “Michelle?” / Kirsten T. Edwards -- Responding to Trayvon Martin’s Death / Efua Akoma -- If George Zimmerman Were found Guilty, Would the Criminal Justice System be Considered Just? / Kirk James and Julie Smyth -- Ebony in the Ivory Tower / Jennifer M. Gómez -- Fifty Years of the Deferment of the Dream for Racial Justice / Rogelio Sáenz -- The Res Gestae of Race / Tamara F. Lawson -- Should I Fear? / Donte Dennis -- Representation Matters / Jessica Scott -- Post-Race Ideology in Black Face / Adrienne Milner -- The Legal Education Gap / Editha Rosario -- What if Zimmerman had Been a Drone? / James L. Hollar -- Fixing the Justice System Bit by Bite / Brooke Bell -- White is the New Black, Colonialists are the New Colonized / Shana Siegel -- Hoodies in the Classroom / Crystal Simmons , Hannah Baggett and Sharonda R. Eggleton -- Race is, Race Isn’t / Marcus Bell -- Writing the Wrong / Nicholas D. Hartlep and Daisy Ball -- We are Trayvon’s Teachers / Donna Vukelich-Selva -- Trayvon Martin and the Myth of Superpredator / Michael E. Jennings -- But Can we Muster Compassion for George Zimmerman? / Kendra N. Bryant -- “You’re the One Making This About Race!” / Sophia Softky -- Writing Race / Laura S. Yee and Roderick L. Carey -- Between Belonging and the F/ACT of Niggerisation / L. Kaifa Roland -- About the Editors / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner , Rema E. Reynolds , Katrice A. Albert and Lori L. Martin.

Trayvon Martin, Race, and “American Justice”: Writing Wrong is the first comprehensive text to analyze not only the killing of Trayvon Martin, but the implications of this event for the state of race in the United States. Bringing together contributions from a variety of disciplines and approaches, this text pushes readers to answer the question: “In the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the acquittal of his killer, how post-racial can we claim to be?” This collection of short and powerful chapters is at times angering and at times hopeful, but always thought provoking, critical, and poignant. This interdisciplinary volume is well suited for undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty in sociology, social work, law, communication, and education. This book can also be read by anyone interested in social justice and equity through the lens of race in the 21st century.

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