A review by rorymassey
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.

4.0

Surprisingly unpolitical book for such a seemingly politically charged topic. This book takes a realistic and honest look at problems particularly in the intercity. I come from a very small town and have only visited these big cities so this book really brought home the struggles that these cities have with racism and crime. The only problem that I have with this book is that it talks almost exclusively about Washington D. C. I really don't know how the author could have included other cities seeing that his experience was with Washington D. C. but it did seem that he kind of painted with a broad brush based on his experiences with D. C. The observations were spot on though and the author presented (how I see it) a bipartisan view on a serious problem.