Flashcards for:
No Humans Involved: An Open Letter to My Colleagues

The implications include economic allocations, the overrepresentation of black males in prison, and broader societal views influenced by historical systemic biases.

The dehumanization of young black males by societal systems.

Daryl Gates claimed that black males have abnormally different windpipes, justifying harm against them.

Fein's concept refers to the moral circle within which individuals are considered worthy of dignity and protection. She argues young black males are pushed outside this moral universe.

Orr parallels the neglect of the environment with how society discards human lives, particularly young black males.

It also affects dark-skinned Latinos, who are similarly dehumanized by public officials and societal systems.

Classifications used in judicial offices reflect and reinforce harmful perspectives, influencing societal views to dehumanize certain groups.

Ellison's 'inner eyes' refers to how our perceptions of each other are formed and their role in events like Rodney King's beating.

NHI stands for 'No Humans Involved,' and it was used by public officials in Los Angeles.

Woodson critiques the educational system for demotivating black students while socializing white students to maintain racial and social hierarchies.

She draws a parallel between the systemic alienation that led to the genocide of Armenians and Jews and the modern dehumanization logic encapsulated in the NHI term.

Educational practices perpetuate racial biases by sustaining a classifying logic that supports racial inequalities.

The event is the post-Rodney King beating and the acquittal of the police officers by the Simi Valley jurors.

It suggests that society as a whole, through its collective perceptions and moral obligations, shares responsibility for such events.

McIntosh's analogy compares jobless young black males to a conceptual ‘other,’ much like historical classification of Jews in Germany.