Someone on this list might like reading this book. It's short, informative,
and narrated by the author.
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Subject: [DB-Review] A colony in a nation DB89566
A colony in a nation DB89566
Hayes, Chris. Reading time: 5 hours, 2 minutes.
Read by Chris Hayes.
True Crime
Journalist argues that America in the early twenty-first century functions
like a nation and like a colony simultaneously. In the nation, citizens
venerate the law; whereas in the colony, they obsess over order, fear,
aggressive policing, class division, and other conditions similar to those
that sparked the American Revolution. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
This book deals with subjects that are being much discussed and written
about at present, and it does so in a clear, concise manner. Hayse focuses
on how policing of poor people of color and poor white people differs from
the policing of middle and upper class white people, and he compares these
present practices to how England dealt with its North American colony and
how white settlers dealt with Native Americans. He talks about the cases of
black people killed by police that have been in the news recently like
Michael Brown in Ferguson and Freddie Gray in Baltimore, and he does so with
understanding and concern. But he also recognizes the situations in which
Police officers find themselves, the feelings that they have, and the
motivations which cause them to feel so threatened. One of the things which
Hayes does most gracefully, without ever using the term, is to explain white
privilege. I think that this little book is really a gem and if you haven't
felt moved to consider the meaning of institutional racism before, reading
it may be a good opportunity to begin the process of thinking about race,
crime, privilege, and policing in America.
Miriam
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