A review by poenaestante
Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study by Orlando Patterson

5.0

This book was foundational in my understanding of the depth of the debt that is owed black people. Until this book I didn't fully understand the magnitude of the physical, spiritual, psychological, social, and civic damage that was borne of slavery and continues on through the various agents of global capital (police, jailer, employer, case worker). It is not something that can merely be overlooked or gotten over. As we continue to grasp how deep this all goes, we will continue to understand how deep we will have to dig if we truly wish to uproot it.