The Stoop Isn’t the Jungle
July 12, 2014 4:06 PM   Subscribe

In her new book On the Run, Alice Goffman misses the larger truth about black urban communities—like the one I grew up in.
Alice Goffman, a University of Wisconsin sociologist, has gained much praise for her new book On the Run. For her research, Goffman spent a great deal of time on the inner-city stoop, where young black men usually only gain arrest records. From all the attention, it would appear that she has produced a revelatory piece of scholarship. But that’s wrong. By any measure, On the Run does not merit the laudatory reviews and notice it has received.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, previous Goffman/Stoop thread is still open, maybe add this link there? -- LobsterMitten



 
Previously.
posted by rtha at 4:09 PM on July 12, 2014


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