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Philip McHarris

Philip V. McHarris (born December 4, 1992) is an American academic at Yale University and writer.[1][2]

Philip V. McHarris
BornDecember 4, 1992 (1992-12-04) (age 31)
Bronx, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBoston College
Yale University
Occupation(s)Academic, writer
Years active2012–present
Websitewww.philipvmcharris.com

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,[3] The Washington Post,[4][5][6] Al Jazeera,[7] and Essence[8][9] regarding issues related to race, policing, housing, and social inequality. He has appeared on HBO,[10] CNN,[11] PBS,[12] ABC News,[13] and MSNBC.[14] His commentary has also been featured in Time,[15] the Los Angeles Times,[16] and MTV.[17]

McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard University,[18] Iona College,[19] Boston College,[20] Yale University Art Gallery,[21] and Princeton University.[22] McHarris was also the recipient of the Boston College 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.[1][20] In 2020, he was selected as one of the Root 100 most influential African Americans.[23][24]

Early life and education

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McHarris was born in Bronx, New York, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.[1] McHarris attended high school at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Boston College.[20] McHarris received a Master of Arts in sociology and African American studies from Yale University and a Master of Philosophy in sociology and African American studies from Yale University. He also attended Princeton University as a PhD exchange scholar. Philip McHarris is currently a PhD candidate at Yale University in sociology and African American studies.[25] McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.[3][26][27]

Media

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McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues in news media outlets. He has appeared on CNN,[11][28] PBS,[12] ABC News,[13] MSNBC,[14] and Axios on HBO.[10] His commentary has also been featured on BBC,[29] Time,[30] NPR,[31] and NBC.[32]

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,[3] The Washington Post,[4][5][6] Slate,[33] Al Jazeera,[7] and Essence.[8][9] His commentary has also appeared in Time,[15] CNN,[34] the Los Angeles Times,[16] and MTV.[17]

Politics and activism

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McHarris has been an advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.[35][36][37] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.[4][3][12]

In 2012 while an undergraduate student at Boston College, McHarris organized a student rally (along with Ben St. Gerard) following the killing of Trayvon Martin two months earlier.[38] In 2015 McHarris was a co-founder of the NYC chapter of BYP100, an African American youth organization in the United States with the main focus on community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns.[39][40]

Publications and works

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  • McHarris, Philip V. (May 30, 2020). "No More Money for the Police". The New York Times.
  • McHarris, Philip V. (May 28, 2020). "Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". The Washington Post.
  • McHarris, Philip V. (April 10, 2020). "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak". Essence.
  • Vargas, Robert; McHarris, Philip (January 8, 2016). "Race and State in City Police Spending Growth: 1980 to 2010". Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3 (1): 96–112. doi:10.1177/2332649216650692. S2CID 156271269.
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References

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  1. ^ a b c Beecher, Melissa (February 14, 2013). "From Afar, MLK Winner Exults". The Boston College Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments". Time. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
    "Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22". Pressroom. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
    NJ.com, Robin Wilson-Glover | NJ Advance Media for; NJ.com, Tennyson Donyéa | NJ Advance Media for (August 13, 2020). "Making Black lives matter". nj. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d McHarris, Philip V.; McHarris, Thenjiwe (May 30, 2020). "Opinion | No More Money for the Police". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c McHarris, Philip V. "Democrats are ignoring a key piece of criminal justice reform — slicing police budgets". Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. ^ a b McHarris, Philip V. "Should Mike Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk record disqualify him?". Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. ^ a b McHarris, Philip V. "Perspective | Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  7. ^ a b McHarris, Philip; Imani, Zellie. "It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free". Al Jazeera. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  8. ^ a b McHarris, Philip V. "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak".
  9. ^ a b McHarris, Philip V. "Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bail Out Is Freeing Black Mothers From Jail".
  10. ^ a b "Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22". Pressroom. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Story: Scottie Andrew, CNN Video: Victoria Fleischer and Jon Sarlin (June 17, 2020). "What the US would look like without police, as imagined in 3 scenarios". CNN. Retrieved July 8, 2020. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ a b c "What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered". PBS NewsHour. June 11, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Watch More In Common Season 1 Episode 677 How the Black Lives Matter Movement is changing America Online". ABC. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "'People are saying: We gave you a chance. Now we want to influence how we're kept safe': Sheriff on calls to defund police". MSNBC.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments". Time. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "LAPD responds to a million 911 calls a year, but relatively few for violent crimes". Los Angeles Times. July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  17. ^ a b Kim, Yoonj. "What 'Defund The Police' Means (And Doesn't Mean) And Where It Came From". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  18. ^ "Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010". sociology.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  19. ^ Rapillo, Abigail. "Week of the Peacemaker: "#JustDemocracy"". The Ionian. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  20. ^ a b c Doyle, Sara (February 12, 2014). "MLK Scholarships Recognize Marks, Other Finalists". The Heights. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  21. ^ "'Let Us March On' exhibit celebrates early civil rights images by Lee Friedlander". YaleNews. January 17, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  22. ^ Liz. "Heath Pearson". Evil Twin Booking Agency: Campus speakers bureau. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  23. ^ "Philip V. McHarris". The Root. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  24. ^ Root, The. "11th-Annual Root 100 List Announced: Most Influential African Americans of 2020". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  25. ^ "What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered". PBS NewsHour. June 11, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  26. ^ "Summer Institute on Inequality | Social Science and Policy Forum". www.sas.upenn.edu.
  27. ^ "Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010". sociology.fas.harvard.edu.
  28. ^ What a traffic stop without police could look like - CNN Video, June 17, 2020, retrieved August 22, 2020
  29. ^ "Trump signs executive order on policing". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  30. ^ "America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety". Time. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  31. ^ Aguilar, Lea Ceasrine, Rose. "The Growing Calls To Defund Police & What That Would Look Like". www.kalw.org. Retrieved August 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ "What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?". NBC10 Philadelphia. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  33. ^ McHarris, Philip V. (June 26, 2020). "The People Arrested for Protesting Police Are in Danger". Slate Magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  34. ^ Scottie Andrew (June 7, 2020). "There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means". CNN. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  35. ^ Columnist, Star-Ledger Guest (August 17, 2020). "To make Black lives matter, we need to reimagine public safety | Opinion". nj. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  36. ^ "A growing call to defund the police – here's what it means". www.wrcbtv.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  37. ^ "What a traffic stop without police could look like". www.msn.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  38. ^ "The Heights, Volume XCIII, Number 20 — 12 April 2012 — Boston College Newspapers". newspapers.bc.edu. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  39. ^ McHarris, Philip V. "Community Policing Is Not the Answer". The Appeal. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  40. ^ Contributors (January 29, 2020). "Increases in police funding will not make Black people safe, it is time city leaders listened". The Black Youth Project. Retrieved March 24, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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