Philip McHarris: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American academic and writer}}

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'''Philip V. McHarris''' (born December 4, 1992) is an American academic at [[Yale University]] and writer.<ref name="BC2">{{Cite web|last=Beecher|first=Melissa|date=February 14, 2013|title=From Afar, MLK Winner Exults|url=https://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/features/mcharris021413.html|website=The Boston College Chronicle|access-date=March 24, 2020|archive-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824034035/https://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/features/mcharris021413.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments|url=https://time.com/5849495/black-lives-matter-defund-police-departments/|access-date=2020-08-25|magazine=Time}}<br/>{{Cite web|title=Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22|url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/documentary-news-series-axios-continues-june-22?language_content_entity=en&fb|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Pressroom|language=en}}<br/>{{Cite web|last1=NJ.com|first1=Robin Wilson-Glover {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|last2=NJ.com|first2=Tennyson Donyéa {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|date=2020-08-13|title=Making Black lives matter|url=https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/08/making-black-lives-matter.html|access-date=2020-08-25|website=nj|language=en}}</ref>

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last1=McHarris|first1=Philip V.|last2=McHarris|first2=Thenjiwe|date=2020-05-30|title=Opinion {{!}} No More Money for the Police|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html|access-date=2020-07-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=McHarris|first=Philip V.|title=Democrats are ignoring a key piece of criminal justice reform — slicing police budgets|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/16/democrats-are-ignoring-key-piece-criminal-justice-reform-slicing-police-budgets/|access-date=2020-03-24|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/16/should-mike-bloombergs-stop-and-frisk-record-disqualify-him/|title=Should Mike Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk record disqualify him?|last=McHarris|first=Philip V.|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=McHarris|first=Philip V.|title=Perspective {{!}} Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/28/explaining-militarized-police-response-protesters-after-killing-george-floyd/|access-date=2020-07-08|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref> [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]],<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|last1=McHarris|first1=Philip|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/time-cancel-student-debt-higher-education-free-200425104050766.html|title=It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=2020-04-27|last2=Imani|first2=Zellie}}</ref> and ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]''<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/feature/public-housing-covid-19-coronavirus/|title=Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak|first=Philip V.|last=McHarris}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/feature/covid-19-pandemic-national-bail-out/|title=Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bail Out Is Freeing Black Mothers From Jail|first=Philip V.|last=McHarris}}</ref> regarding issues related to [[race (human categorization)|race]], [[policing]], [[housing]], and [[social inequality]]. He has appeared on [[HBO]],<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=Documentary news series AXIOS continues June 22|url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/documentary-news-series-axios-continues-june-22?language_content_entity=en&fb|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Pressroom|language=en}}</ref> [[CNN]],<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|author=Story: Scottie Andrew, CNN Video: Victoria Fleischer and Jon Sarlin|title=What the US would look like without police, as imagined in 3 scenarios|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/us/us-without-police-reform-defund-trnd/index.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=CNN|date=June 17, 2020 }}</ref> [[PBS]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-11|title=What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-what-is-the-defund-the-police-movement-answering-your-questions|access-date=2020-07-08|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us}}</ref> [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]],<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Watch More In Common Season 1 Episode 677 How the Black Lives Matter Movement is changing America Online|url=https://abc.com/shows/more-in-common/episode-guide/season-01/677-how-the-black-lives-matter-movement-is-changing-america|access-date=2020-07-08|website=ABC|language=en}}</ref> and [[MSNBC]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title='People are saying: We gave you a chance. Now we want to influence how we're kept safe': Sheriff on calls to defund police|url=https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/-people-are-saying-we-gave-you-a-chance-now-we-want-to-influence-how-we-re-kept-safe-sheriff-on-calls-to-defund-police-84893253723|access-date=2020-07-08|website=MSNBC.com|language=en}}</ref> His commentary has also been featured in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref name=":13">{{Cite magazine|title=Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments|url=https://time.com/5849495/black-lives-matter-defund-police-departments/|access-date=2020-07-08|magazine=Time}}</ref> the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-05|title=LAPD responds to a million 911 calls a year, but relatively few for violent crimes|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-05/lapd-911-calls-reimagining-police|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[MTV]].<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Yoonj|title=What 'Defund The Police' Means (And Doesn't Mean) And Where It Came From|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3166793/defund-the-police-history-vs-abolish-the-police/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617185644/http://www.mtv.com/news/3166793/defund-the-police-history-vs-abolish-the-police/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2020|access-date=2020-07-08|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref>

McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, including [[Harvard University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/event/migration-and-immigrant-incorporation-workshop|title=Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010|website=sociology.fas.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> [[Iona College (New York)|Iona College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theionian.org/4247/news/week-of-the-peacemaker-justdemocracy/|title=Week of the Peacemaker: "#JustDemocracy"|first=Abigail|last=Rapillo|website=The Ionian|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> [[Boston College]],<ref name="heights">{{Cite web|url=https://bcheights.com/2014/02/12/mlk-scholarships-recognize-marks-other-finalists/|title=MLK Scholarships Recognize Marks, Other Finalists|last=Doyle|first=Sara|date=2014-02-12|website=The Heights|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> [[Yale University Art Gallery]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/01/17/let-us-march-exhibit-celebrates-early-civil-rights-images-lee-friedlander|title='Let Us March On' exhibit celebrates early civil rights images by Lee Friedlander|date=2017-01-17|website=YaleNews|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> and [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eviltwinbooking.org/speakers/heath-pearson/|title=Heath Pearson|last=Liz|website=Evil Twin Booking Agency: Campus speakers bureau|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

McHarris was also the recipient of the [[Boston College]] 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.<ref name="BC2" /><ref name="heights" /> In 2020, he was selected as one of the ''[[The Root (magazine)|Root]]'' 100 most influential African Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip V. McHarris|url=https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2020/philip-v-mcharris/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=The Root}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|last=Root|first=The|title=11th-Annual Root 100 List Announced: Most Influential African Americans of 2020|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/11th-annual-root-100-list-announced-most-influential-african-americans-of-2020-301134481.html|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>

McHarris was born in [[Bronx, New York]], and grew up in [[Newark, New Jersey]].<ref name="BC2" /> McHarris attended high school at [[Saint Benedict's Preparatory School]] and received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in sociology from [[Boston College]].<ref name="heights"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-11|title=What is the 'defund the police' movement? 5 questions answered|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-what-is-the-defund-the-police-movement-answering-your-questions|access-date=2020-08-25|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us}}</ref> McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Summer Institute on Inequality &#124; Social Science and Policy Forum|url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/sspf/content/summer-institute-inequality|website=www.sas.upenn.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Vargas & Phil McHarris - The Social Structure of Mass Deportation: Immigration and the Growth of City Police Expenditures, 1980-2010|url=https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/event/migration-and-immigrant-incorporation-workshop|website=sociology.fas.harvard.edu}}</ref>

McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues in [[news media]] outlets. He has appeared on [[CNN]],<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Citation|title=What a traffic stop without police could look like - CNN Video|date=June 17, 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/17/traffic-ext-police-reform-defund-vf-js-orig.cnn|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> [[PBS]],<ref name=":4" /> [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]],<ref name=":11" /> [[MSNBC]],<ref name=":12" /> and ''[[Axios on HBO]]''.<ref name=":9" /> His commentary has also been featured on [[BBC]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump signs executive order on policing|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x18s9vh88mg|access-date=2020-08-22|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety|url=https://time.com/5876318/police-reform-america/|access-date=2020-08-22|magazine=Time}}</ref> [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aguilar|first=Lea Ceasrine, Rose|title=The Growing Calls To Defund Police & What That Would Look Like|url=https://www.kalw.org/post/growing-calls-defund-police-what-would-look|access-date=2020-08-22|website=www.kalw.org|language=en}}</ref> and [[NBC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/what-does-it-mean-to-defund-the-police/2424511/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=NBC10 Philadelphia|language=en-US}}</ref>

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name=":3" /> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=McHarris|first=Philip V.|date=2020-06-26|title=The People Arrested for Protesting Police Are in Danger|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/police-punish-protesters.html|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}</ref> [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]],<ref name=":16" /> and ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]''.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> His commentary has also appeared in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref name=":13" /> [[CNN]],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scottie Andrew|title=There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html|access-date=2020-08-22|website=CNN|date=June 7, 2020 }}</ref> the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name=":14" /> and [[MTV]].<ref name=":15" />

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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Heights, Volume XCIII, Number 20 — 12 April 2012 — Boston College Newspapers|url=https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights20120412-01.2.21&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|access-date=2020-03-24|website=newspapers.bc.edu}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=McHarris|first=Philip V.|title=Community Policing Is Not the Answer|url=https://theappeal.org/community-policing-is-not-the-answer/|access-date=2020-03-24|website=The Appeal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Contributors|date=2020-01-29|title=Increases in police funding will not make Black people safe, it is time city leaders listened|url=http://blackyouthproject.com/increases-in-police-funding-will-not-make-black-people-safe-its-time-city-leaders-listened/|access-date=2020-03-24|website=The Black Youth Project|language=en}}</ref>

*{{cite news|last1=McHarris|first1=Philip V.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html|title=No More Money for the Police|date=30 May 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]}}

*{{cite news|last1=McHarris|first1=Philip V.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/28/explaining-militarized-police-response-protesters-after-killing-george-floyd/|title=Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?|date=28 May 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}

*{{cite news|last1=McHarris|first1=Philip V.|url=https://www.essence.com/feature/public-housing-covid-19-coronavirus/|title=Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak|date=10 April 2020|work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]}}

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