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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

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

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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