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White Terror: Symbolic or Institutional?

July 5, 2015 by fritztucker

Since the mass murder at Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina, seven historically black churches have been torched, as have innumerable Confederate flags. Only one of these types of arson, unfortunately, has proven to be an effective political strategy. Historically, Southern churches have been among the most important venues for community organization. Burning a historically Black church in the South is akin to burning a union headquarters or university in the North. These burnings meet both widely used definitions of […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: African-Americans, art, civil rights, crime, death, History, politics, race, social justice

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What is Neglect, and Who is Responsible?

June 22, 2015 by fritztucker

Last December, here at Zeteo, I questioned the naturalistic theory that stress induces African-American parents to abuse their children at greater rates than do European-Americans (even when accounting for income disparity). Citing Jared Diamond‘s observation that communities residing in more dangerous environments tend to engage in harsher and more frequent physical punishment of children, I posed the rationalist theory that perhaps dangerous environmental conditions, including racial policing, are responsible for racial disparities in child abuse. During this most recent spring semester, however, one of my students […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: African-Americans, capitalism, childhood, children, crime, gender, law, politics, race

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Louie C.K. and the Virtues of Realism

June 1, 2015 by fritztucker

On the hit show Louie, aside from a token, comedic clip of fantasy in each episode, realism rules the roost. Louie C.K.’s dedication to portraying the struggles of a single-father and stand-up comedian in NYC in a realistic fashion leaves the show, much like real life, somewhere between a comedy and a drama.

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: art, books, crime, ethics, film, gender, lit, literature, love, New York City, rape, sexual assault, sexuality

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Secretive, but not Secret

May 28, 2015 by fritztucker

In 2012, one of my best friends from college, Angel Perez, was illegally detained by members of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), taken to their ‘black site’ in Homan Square, and sexually assaulted with a pistol, at which point he agreed to help carry out a sting operation on a drug dealer. For years, Angel has repeatedly turned down millions of dollars in settlement money in order to avoid a gag order, in order to tell his story to the […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: civil rights, crime, ethics, History, Homan Square, law, politics, rape, sexual assault, social justice, technology

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Why Baltimore? Why arson?

May 11, 2015 by fritztucker

It’s no secret that police in the U.S. are killing people at an alarming rate–more than one per day for the past 15 years. Police killings, particularly ones caught on tape, and especially the killers’ subsequent, seemingly inevitable acquittal, have prompted massive non-violent demonstrations, clashes with police, riots, and even a couple of vigilante shootings of police officers. While well-publicized, these incidences of mass, civil unrest are nevertheless statistically anomalous responses. So why did the events in Ferguson and Baltimore unfold in such an anomalous manner? There have been […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: African-Americans, Baltimore, capitalism, civil rights, crime, death, ethics, History, politics, race, social justice, technology

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Robert Durst: Jinxed by Viral Media

March 16, 2015 by fritztucker

I just finished watching the last episode of HBO’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, only to find out that Durst was arrested yesterday in connection with the 2000 murder of Susan Berman. Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, with the help of viral media, may have finally done what our nation’s government(s) have been unable to do for the past 25 years: hold Robert Durst accountable for three potential murders. The similarities between this incident and the Bill Cosby and Ray Rice fiascos this past year […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: crime, death, ethics, film, law, movies, New York City, politics, technology

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Michael “Little B” Lewis, abandoned orphan who has spent more continuous time incarcerated than any person starting his sentence at the same age.

How to treat a boy convicted at age 13

February 16, 2015 by Alexia Raynal

Last month, The Daily Kos published an article written by Shaun King about Michael “Little B” Lewis, a 13-year-old Atlanta resident who was convicted for murder in 1997. In one of the first paragraphs, King explains: [Lewis’s] story had gripped the city and was regularly on the nightly news and on the front page of the AJC. They said he murdered a dad in cold blood in front of his kids on January 21, 1997. I didn’t know if it was true or not, but […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: childhood, children, civil rights, crime, education, politics

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Amnesia: hackers and subversion in Australia

January 16, 2015 by William Eaton

[email_link] Amnesia begins with a hacker known as Angel. She releases a computer worm which opens the gates of CIA-sponsored prisons around the world. Many of these are in Australia. Some suspected terrorists manage to escape; others are shot by prison guards. Angel goes on the run. Her mother, a well-known actress, asks investigative journalist Felix Moore to write the girl’s life story. The idea is to create a wave of public sympathy for her and help her avoid extradition […]

Categories: Catherine Vigier, ZiR • Tags: capitalism, crime, History, literature, politics

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The Known

December 16, 2014 by fritztucker

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive   My curiosity piqued by the newly released Senate report on CIA torture, I just watched Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known. The part where Donald Rumsfeld metaphorically chalks up a victory to himself is a pretty good metaphor for the entire documentary (2:46-3:46 above). Morris asks Rumsfeld about torture memos, but not the testimonies of Guantanamo detainees that have been public for nearly a decade, many of which make torture […]

Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: crime, death, Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris, film, Guantanamo, History, politics, torture, war

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