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New book by philosophy professor Naomi Zack tackles black rights

Discussions on white privilege distract from the real issues raised by racial profiling in American policing, according to one of the key claims in a new book by University of Oregon philosophy professor Naomi Zack.

In “White Privilege and Black Rights,” released in April, Zack challenges conventional wisdom, attempting to shift the focus from white privilege to the way the rights of African-Americans are violated with racial profiling and police homicide, a theory Zack calls applicative justice.