Three Things Your Academic Book Must Have: An Argument, a Theoretical Contribution, and a Structure

You need an Argument Disinvestment and coercive investment in Black communities in DC have displaced and dispossessed Black residents, making gentrification through racialized reinvestment possible. I explain all those big words in the book. But, after reading through the thread, I realized I liked the arguments that use simple language better. So I tried again: The choice to use prisons and policing to solve the problems faced by Black communities in DC in the 20th century, instead of...