Militarism and humanitarianism produce and justify political violence that go beyond established conflict zones or battlefields.
racism
Race and racism, empire, and slavery are foundations of the European- and American-led contemporary world order, as demonstrated by the transatlantic slave trade, racist views held by Western philosophers, and the “standard of civilization” principle.
Racism has a significant impact on favela residents’ daily lives, visibly through police killings but also invisibly through everyday interactions of discrimination and distrust.
Two prominent non-police anti-violence models—the public health and community empowerment models—“hold promise… as community-centered replacements for, or alternatives to, the use or threat of police violence and incarceration as the primary means to control and reduce criminal violence.”
U.S. militarism lead to the creation of police SWAT teams that disproportionally affect minority communities through racial profiling and over-policing.
In a scene from Sacha Jenkins’ new documentary, a father asks his 12-yearold son to tell the camera what he’s