Excellent piece by @MarshallProj @carrollbogert & @columbiajourn @lynnellhancock on the vilification of youth attendant upon the racist #superpredator epithet. Never doubt how that unleashed a moral panic resulting in harsh punishment against kids. themarshallproject.org/2020/11/20/sup… Although youth crime had risen during the 80s and 90s, John DiIulio's coining of that catchphrase was based on schlock research that didn't bear even the most cursory scrutiny. EG, he wrote that there would 270,000 superpredators by 2010 needing 150,000 more youth prison beds.