Power is violence. I just finished the book Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. I guess books about utopias are intended to make us question how things are by showing us how things could be. And it really made me question capitalism – at least the way it’s structured in our society. …
Category: Justice System
Book Review: Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon (2008) Recommendation: High Blurb: In this groundbreaking historical exposé, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the…
Book Review: The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (2010) Recommendation: High Blurb: “Jarvious Cotton’s great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred…
Bo’s Books: Sherlock Holmes Takes on the Justice System
Data! Data! Data!(My new favorite Sherlock Holmes quote, from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.) I am not generally a huge fan of true crime stories, but I just finished reading Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox, and it was fascinating! Over 100 years ago, Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes, investigated…