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mr_cain's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Relatively easy to read and digest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
mcf's review
5.0
If one has any awareness of how our white supremacist power structures function, little in this book -- a detailed, meticulously researched examination of the way American crime statistics have historically been used (by both law enforcement bodies and sociologists) to associated "Black" with "criminal" -- is surprising. It is, however, full of infuriating history, and is laid out so clearly and undeniably that the case Muhammad makes is something with which it's had to imagine even skeptics being able to argue. (In that way, it brings to mind The New Jim Crow, a similarly methodical laying bare of the bones of American racism.)
Certainly in no way an enjoyable read, The Condemnation of Blackness is nevertheless deeply rewarding, and a crucial reminder of the realities against which Black Americans have been fighting for hundreds of years.
Certainly in no way an enjoyable read, The Condemnation of Blackness is nevertheless deeply rewarding, and a crucial reminder of the realities against which Black Americans have been fighting for hundreds of years.
walden2ite's review
4.0
An insightful analysis of how crime and race have been linked in the north of the US, this book examines how statistics can mislead when an understanding of the underlying causes is ignored. This is a very important book when attempting to understand the current state of the US.
nickmenzhuber's review against another edition
5.0
The writing is dry and textbook-like but it is also hugely informative and altered my perspective.