June 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
August Vollmer believed education is the key to good policing. Credit.Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
By Annalee Newitz
Mx. Newitz is the author of âFour Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age.â
August Vollmer has been hailed by many in law enforcement as the father of modern American policing. He has also been criticized for pioneering the militarization of the police and espousing the racist theories of eugenics. Whatâs rarely talked about, however, is that he began his tenure as the head of the police department of Berkeley, Calif., in 1905 by forcing all of his deputies to resign â arguably a kind of early experiment in abolishing the police. He eventually replaced them with college-educated people, hoping they would usher in a new, progressive era in policing.
Many young Afro-Latinx people got involved in last summer’s uprisings against systemic racism, often finding themselves in an uncomfortable tug of war with their identities.
The report found that 52% of such shoppers said they would stop going to a shop after being profiled.
The report follows a study in January from the French beauty company Sephora which found that minority groups are more likely to shop online than go into a shop, in order to avoid racial profiling.
The extensive new report included testimonials from those who answered the survey.
One recalled: “The last time that I went to the hair store to buy extensions, the cashier/owner tried to subtly follow me around the store. When I had been looking at a product around a corner for a while (not visible in view), she showed up around the corner and asked if I was looking for something specific. I told her ‘No, I’m just deciding’ and she (seemingly) walked away.
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WACO, Texas (May 5, 2021) –
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D., professor and chair of journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor University and a nationally recognized author and expert on race and culture, has been named the 2021 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year.
The Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year Award recognizes a Baylor faculty member who makes a superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor through:
Teaching, which is judged to be of the highest order of intellectual acumen and pedagogical effectiveness.
Research and creative activity, which is recognized as outstanding by the national and/or international as well as local community of scholars.