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A review by pickett22
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard
5.0
This book should be required reading for everyone who lives in Canada.
The first chunk of it is basic Canadian history about slavery, which is not taught in our schools. We teach the Underground Railroad and that's about it. The book goes on to discuss current Canadian policy, and I learned a lot. It laid things out really well to explain how we as a country got to where we are.
It's meticulously researched, but not boring to read. While it's primarily looking at anti-Black racism, it also addresses some Indigenous and LGBTQ+ issues as well, and where all those things intersect.
Read it.
The first chunk of it is basic Canadian history about slavery, which is not taught in our schools. We teach the Underground Railroad and that's about it. The book goes on to discuss current Canadian policy, and I learned a lot. It laid things out really well to explain how we as a country got to where we are.
It's meticulously researched, but not boring to read. While it's primarily looking at anti-Black racism, it also addresses some Indigenous and LGBTQ+ issues as well, and where all those things intersect.
Read it.