A review by booksnailmail
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin

challenging dark slow-paced

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Calling all thriller lovers, do I have some great anti-racist reading recommendations for you. I did NOT pick these up knowing that they would fit my October *mood* so well, but my goodness, my heart was pounding through these:

Evidence of Things Not Seen:

Okay if “Spooky Baldwin” was ever a thing, here it is! If you watched Mindhunter season 2 and have not read this, you need it! At 120-ish pages, this long form essay is a searing look into why and how the conviction of a Black man for 2 murders assauged the hunt for the serial murderer of 28 Black children. 

With precise writing and searing inquisition, Baldwin breaks down the mindset of America that provoked this. As always, Baldwin writes with clarity and beautiful language - “Wealth is the power to make one’s needs felt and to force a response to those needs.” - on why the Black families of Atlanta’s missing and murdered children never got to control their narrative and demand justice for their kids.