Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

280 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Delving behind Canada's veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensi...

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informative 98%
challenging 72%
reflective 55%
emotional 28%
sad 25%
dark 11%
hopeful 10%
tense 8%
inspiring 5%

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