Philip McHarris explained

Philip V. McHarris
Birth Place:Bronx, New York, U.S.
Nationality:American
Education:Boston College
Yale University
Occupation:Academic, writer
Years Active:2012–present

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. In 2020, he was selected as one of the Root 100 most influential African Americans.[23] [24]

Early life and education

McHarris was born in Bronx, New York, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. 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.[26] [27]

Media

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

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate,[32] Al Jazeera, and Essence. His commentary has also appeared in Time, CNN,[33] the Los Angeles Times, and MTV.

Politics and activism

McHarris has been an advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.[34] [35] [36] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.

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.[37] 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.[38] [39]

Publications and works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beecher. Melissa. February 14, 2013. From Afar, MLK Winner Exults. The Boston College Chronicle. March 24, 2020. August 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824034035/https://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/features/mcharris021413.html. dead.
  2. Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments. 2020-08-25. Time.
    Web site: Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22. 2020-08-25. Pressroom. en.
    Web site: NJ.com. Robin Wilson-Glover NJ Advance Media for. NJ.com. Tennyson Donyéa NJ Advance Media for. 2020-08-13. Making Black lives matter. 2020-08-25. nj. en.
  3. News: McHarris. Philip V.. McHarris. Thenjiwe. 2020-05-30. Opinion No More Money for the Police. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-07-08. 0362-4331.
  4. News: McHarris. Philip V.. Democrats are ignoring a key piece of criminal justice reform — slicing police budgets. 2020-03-24. Washington Post. en.
  5. News: Should Mike Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk record disqualify him?. McHarris. Philip V.. Washington Post. 2020-03-24.
  6. News: McHarris. Philip V.. Perspective Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?. 2020-07-08. Washington Post. en.
  7. News: McHarris. Philip. It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free. Al Jazeera. 2020-04-27. Imani. Zellie.
  8. Web site: Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak. Philip V.. McHarris.
  9. Web site: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bail Out Is Freeing Black Mothers From Jail. Philip V.. McHarris.
  10. Web site: Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22. 2020-07-08. Pressroom. en.
  11. Web site: Story: Scottie Andrew, CNN Video: Victoria Fleischer and Jon Sarlin. What the US would look like without police, as imagined in 3 scenarios. 2020-07-08. CNN. June 17, 2020 .
  12. Web site: 2020-06-11. What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered. 2020-07-08. PBS NewsHour. en-us.
  13. Web site: Watch More In Common Season 1 Episode 677 How the Black Lives Matter Movement is changing America Online. 2020-07-08. ABC. en.
  14. Web site: 'People are saying: We gave you a chance. Now we want to influence how we're kept safe': Sheriff on calls to defund police. 2020-07-08. MSNBC.com. en.
  15. Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments. 2020-07-08. Time.
  16. Web site: 2020-07-05. LAPD responds to a million 911 calls a year, but relatively few for violent crimes. 2020-07-08. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  17. Web site: Kim. Yoonj. What 'Defund The Police' Means (And Doesn't Mean) And Where It Came From. https://web.archive.org/web/20200617185644/http://www.mtv.com/news/3166793/defund-the-police-history-vs-abolish-the-police/. dead. June 17, 2020. 2020-07-08. MTV News. en.
  18. Web site: Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010. sociology.fas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-03-24.
  19. Web site: Week of the Peacemaker: "#JustDemocracy". Abigail. Rapillo. The Ionian. 2020-03-24.
  20. Web site: MLK Scholarships Recognize Marks, Other Finalists. Doyle. Sara. 2014-02-12. The Heights. en-US. 2020-03-24.
  21. Web site: 'Let Us March On' exhibit celebrates early civil rights images by Lee Friedlander. 2017-01-17. YaleNews. en. 2020-03-24.
  22. Web site: Heath Pearson. Liz. Evil Twin Booking Agency: Campus speakers bureau. en-US. 2020-03-24.
  23. Web site: Philip V. McHarris. 2020-10-02. The Root.
  24. Root. The. 11th-Annual Root 100 List Announced: Most Influential African Americans of 2020. 2020-10-02. www.prnewswire.com. en.
  25. Web site: 2020-06-11. What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered. 2020-08-25. PBS NewsHour. en-us.
  26. Web site: Summer Institute on Inequality | Social Science and Policy Forum. www.sas.upenn.edu.
  27. Web site: 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. Web site: Trump signs executive order on policing. 2020-08-22. www.bbc.co.uk.
  29. America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety. 2020-08-22. Time.
  30. Web site: Aguilar. Lea Ceasrine, Rose. The Growing Calls To Defund Police & What That Would Look Like. 2020-08-22. www.kalw.org. en.
  31. Web site: What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?. 2020-08-22. NBC10 Philadelphia. en-US.
  32. Web site: McHarris. Philip V.. 2020-06-26. The People Arrested for Protesting Police Are in Danger. 2020-08-22. Slate Magazine. en.
  33. Web site: Scottie Andrew. There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means. 2020-08-22. CNN. June 7, 2020 .
  34. Web site: Columnist. Star-Ledger Guest. 2020-08-17. To make Black lives matter, we need to reimagine public safety Opinion. 2020-08-22. nj. en.
  35. Web site: A growing call to defund the police – here's what it means. 2020-08-25. www.wrcbtv.com. en.
  36. Web site: What a traffic stop without police could look like. 2020-08-25. www.msn.com.
  37. Web site: The Heights, Volume XCIII, Number 20 — 12 April 2012 — Boston College Newspapers. 2020-03-24. newspapers.bc.edu.
  38. Web site: McHarris. Philip V.. Community Policing Is Not the Answer. 2020-03-24. The Appeal. en.
  39. Web site: Contributors. 2020-01-29. Increases in police funding will not make Black people safe, it is time city leaders listened. 2020-03-24. The Black Youth Project. en.

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