04-18-2018, 10:16 PM
It’s been a while since I’ve been impressed by a nonfiction political book: this one had me cursing and shaking my head and dropping my jaw and saying, “Wow,” and wanting to talk to someone else who was reading it so that I could argue some of the points Hayes was making...
The nation is white privilege. The Colony is everyone else. It’s about how white fear is manipulated for political and financial gain.
This book impressively addresses what’s wrong with concepts and practice of law and order in America, why, even if we released every non-violent drug offender from prison today, we would *still* have more of our population in jail than any other nation. It talks about why cops wind up killing unarmed black and brown people who are doing exactly what a cop has asked them to do, even when it’s totally and outrageously wrong.
It’s a great book if you don’t mind being even more furious and disgusted than you probably already are by fear and ignorance of people of privilege.
The nation is white privilege. The Colony is everyone else. It’s about how white fear is manipulated for political and financial gain.
This book impressively addresses what’s wrong with concepts and practice of law and order in America, why, even if we released every non-violent drug offender from prison today, we would *still* have more of our population in jail than any other nation. It talks about why cops wind up killing unarmed black and brown people who are doing exactly what a cop has asked them to do, even when it’s totally and outrageously wrong.
It’s a great book if you don’t mind being even more furious and disgusted than you probably already are by fear and ignorance of people of privilege.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
