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Christopher Petrella

Christopher Petrella is a lecturer in American Cultural Studies at Bates College and received his doctorate in African American Studies from U.C. Berkeley. His research and teaching interests include the intellectual history of race, criminalization, and protest. Visit www.christopherfrancispetrella.net for more. Follow him on Twitter @CFPetrella.

Articles

The holiday was legislated as part of a strategy to defang King of his most radical qualities while coopting him into the ideology of colorblindness.

Justin Gomer, Christopher Petrella

The DOJ says it will stop using private prisons. The truth is more complicated.

Christopher Petrella

Bill Clinton, white supremacy, and the birth of the modern Democratic Party.

Christopher Petrella

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In November 2015 Donald Trump was asked on the campaign trail if he would require Muslim U.S. citizens to register with the Department of Homeland Security. “Absolutely,” Trump said, “they have to...
Christopher Petrella

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