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Kay Whitlock

Kay Whitlock is a writer and activist whose work focuses on challenging structural forms of violence, particularly in public systems. She is coauthor of Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics with Michael Bronski and Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States with Joey L. Mogul and Andrea J. Ritchie. A prison abolitionist, she lives in Missoula, Montana.

Articles

Political Research Associates
The acquittal of George Zimmerman made us furious. But will a hate-crime conviction make anything better?
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Public Eye
A Forum on the "Hate" Frame in Policy, Politics and Organizing
If hate is a social problem, and not just a matter of individual psychology, then intensified policing and enhanced punishments cannot create safe and just communities.
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Political Research Associates
A Forum on The “Hate” Frame in Policy, Politics, and Organizing
From the killing of Matthew Shepard to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, horrific incidents of violence against members of marginalized communities galvanized the social justice movement to pursue…