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Applying Critical Race Theory to Understanding of Antecedent Risk Factors for Gang Involvement and Desistance Among Young Black Men

Section 8: Critical Race Theory

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From: Critical Social Work Praxis

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In their praxis chapter, Sulaimon Giwa and Leslie Bagg apply a CRT lens to the analysis of a program aimed to support men in their process of distancing themselves from gang life. They critically interrogate the dominant narratives operating at both the social level and within the program that unproblematically equate gang membership with being Black, and the racist and criminalizing practices and interventions that result from such an equation.

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Sulaimon Giwa

Sulaimon Giwa is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work and at the Department of Sociology (Police Studies) at Memorial University. He is the Endowed Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University.

Leslie M. Bagg

Leslie Bagg has worked as a community organizer in Montréal, as well as in women’s shelters and migrant justice groups. Leslie is currently coordinating two research projects on state responses to gender-based violence.