Reviews

We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities by Zach Norris

comet_or_dove's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

rebadee's review

5.0

Zach Norris shares stories from experience organizing with the Ella Baker Center to clarify what it means to demand systems and communities of care as opposed to the current system of punishment and criminalization. Norris's clarity and conviction make for a compelling read and a call to action to create change.

rebadee's review against another edition

5.0

Zach Norris shares stories from experience organizing with the Ella Baker Center to clarify what it means to demand systems and communities of care as opposed to the current system of punishment and criminalization. Norris's clarity and conviction make for a compelling read and a call to action to create change.

politicalwednesday's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

kobrien's review

4.0

3.5

sunflowerjess's review

5.0

A must-read! Longer review to come, but for now, everybody please read this book! :)

faberallison's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

kcarp's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

estam1's review against another edition

5.0

This book is a MUST READ for everyone!

Through his framework of fear, Norris demonstrates how we have been conditioned by what he refers to as the "Architects of Anxiety," "the fear mongers and the fear-profiters, people who manipulate our anxieties so that we buy what they want us to buy and vote the way that they want us to vote."

Norris goes on to show us how we can fight this framework, by shifting the focus from crimes to harms and by expanding the concept of "we" in lieu of "us vs. them."

shereadstales's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0