Princeton voices: Speaking out against systemic racism and police violence in the nation

By
Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications
on June 5, 2020, 11 a.m.

As the United States grapples with the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other black lives destroyed by systemic racism and police violence, and as protests extend across the country, Princeton scholars are speaking to the moment. Several Princeton faculty members, graduate students and alumni are using op-eds, television and cable news programs, online publications, and social media to grasp current events and navigate a path forward, drawing on their research as well as their own personal experiences.

Eddie Glaude Jr., Kevin Kruse, Imani Perry, Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor

Eddie Glaude Jr., Kevin Kruse, Imani Perry, Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor.

Photo of Glaude by Mark Czajkowski, photos of Kevin Kruse, Imani Perry and Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications

Read, view and listen to some of their contributions to the national dialogue.

Faculty

Graduate students and alumni

Related Stories

UPDATED: Princeton voices: Speaking out about police violence in the nation .

At the close of the Derek Chauvin trial, Princeton scholars, experts and alumni are speaking to the moment across a range of platforms.

Princeton voices: Speaking out on the aftermath of events at the U.S. Capitol .

Read and listen to some of the Princeton faculty and alumni contributions to the national dialogue following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

UPDATED: Princeton voices: Speaking out on anti-Asian American racism and violence in aftermath of the Atlanta shootings .

Read, watch and listen to some of the Princeton faculty and alumni contributions to the national dialogue surrounding Asian American racism during the pandemic and following the March 16 violence in Atlanta.

Princeton voices: Speaking out on the Russian invasion of Ukraine .

Read, watch and listen to some of the Princeton faculty, alumni, staff and student contributions to the international conversation on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Center for African American Studies poised to lead at critical time .

Princeton’s Center for African American Studies is launching an aggressive effort to become the leading resource for the public’s understanding of race in America, coming at a time when the center’s scholars say they are seeing an upward trend in racial issues igniting the country in a series of “brush fires.”

Class snapshot: ‘The New Jim Crow’ .

This semester, 43 undergraduates are exploring the political development of America’s racially disparate crime policy in the course “The New Jim Crow: U.S. Crime Policy from Constitutional Formation to Ferguson,” taught by Naomi Murakawa, an associate professor of African American studies. 

The Next Four Years: Race and inequality .

The next president will face a range of challenges related to race and inequality, from poverty and tensions with police to the Black Lives Matter movement, civil rights, incarceration and gender equity. In the sixth installment of a Q&A series on important issues the next president will need to address, Princeton University professors Imani Perry and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor examine challenges related to race and inequality.