{"product_id":"the-crime-without-a-name-barrett-holmes-pitner-9781640094840","title":"The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? \u003ci\u003eThe Crime Without a Name \u003c\/i\u003efollows Pitner's journey to identify and remedy the linguistic void in how we discuss race and culture in the United States. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term \"genocide\"), describes the systemic erasure of a people's ancestral culture. For Black Americans, who have endured this atrocity for generations, this erasure dates back to the transatlantic slave trade and reached new resonance in a post-Trump world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just as the concept of genocide radically reshaped our perception of human rights in the twentieth century, reframing discussions about race and culture in terms of ethnocide can change the way we understand our diverse and rapidly evolving racial and political climate in a time of increased visibility around police brutality and systemic racism. \u003ci\u003eThe Crime Without a Name\u003c\/i\u003e traces the historical origins of ethnocide in the United States, examines the personal, lived consequences of existing within an ongoing erasure, and offers ways for readers to combat and overcome our country's ethnocidal foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barrett Holmes Pitner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640094849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021 pg. 2","brand":"Barrett Holmes Pitner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055349133567,"sku":"9781640094840","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4da9c252-adad-4579-9fc3-c0e0fa91eebd.jpg?v=1685035247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crime-without-a-name-barrett-holmes-pitner-9781640094840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}