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This book opened my eyes about how unfair us white folks are to people of color. The book is an easy read and I would suggest EVERYONE to read this. Racism apparently is hidden in our unconsciousness to a degree that is frightening. Buy the book and share it with your neighbors.
"A Colony in a Nation" is an interesting book on social justice. Emmy Award winning news anchor and New York Times best-selling author Chris Hayes provides the public with an interesting analogy that captures and drives his main premise, the terrifying truth that we as a people have created the Colony within our Nation with the purpose of subduing our fellow citizens. This stimulating 256-page book includes six unnamed chapters, notes and a selected bibliography. Positives: 1. A well-written, well-researched and succinct book. 2. Hayes makes use of the clever analogy of a colony in a nation to drive home his interesting perspectives on social justice. 3. Many topics revolving around social justice are discussed. "Nearly one out of every four prisoners in the world is an American, though the United States has just 5 percent of the world's population." 4. Racism plays a prominent role in this book. "Though Dayvon and I are both Americans, we live in different countries." 5. Discusses three key things that happened in the 1960s to shape the politics of how and upon whom we enforce law. Find out what they are. 6. The driving forces of politics in America. "This rhetoric and framing would become the template to justify forty years of escalating incarceration: Order is necessary for liberty to flourish. If we do not have order, we can have no other rights." 7. The most provocative quote in the book, IMHO. "But the terrifying truth is that we as a people have created the Colony through democratic means. We have voted to subdue our fellow citizens; we have rushed to the polls to elect people promising to bar others from enjoying the fruits of liberty. A majority of Americans have put a minority under lock and key." 8. Interesting historical perspectives. "This great land of ours, this exceptional beacon of liberty, was founded by men who, to borrow a phrase, refused to comply. Who not only resisted lawful orders but rebelled against the government that issued them." 9. Hayes makes it perfectly clear that in America there are two worlds. "In Ferguson, just about every single black person I spoke to had at least one story (often many) about humiliating traffic stops by Ferguson police officers that had nothing to do with public safety." 10. A look at enforcement in America. "American society has witnessed a kind of arms race between its citizens and its police, resulting in forces that in many places patrol and occupy rather than police, that straightforwardly view themselves as waging war." 11. The concept of white fear. One of the best discussed topics of the book. "Despite the fact nonwhite people are disproportionately the victims of crime, the criminal justice system as a whole is disproportionately built on the emotional foundation of white fear." Bonus quote, "In ways large and small and constant, the Nation exhibits contempt for the lives of its subjects in the Colony and indifference to their value. This is the central component of the white fear that sustains the Colony: the simple inability to recognize, deeply, fully totally, the humanity of those on the other side." 12. A look at criminology, the concept of "broken windows". "Despite these caveats, "broken windows" soon became an article of faith among the nation's law enforcement leaders, chief among them Bill Bratton, who had been hired in 1990 to run the police department of New York's transit authority." 13. So is there a broad-based consensus about what "caused" the crime decline? Find out. 14. Hayes periodically makes mention of other great books and highlights their main thesis. 15. The evolution of how to treat drug addicts. Negatives: 1. Oh so brief, I wanted Hayes to go further in the weeds. 2. No supplementary materials, that is, no charts, diagrams, photos or anything to complement the interesting narrative. 3. Notes are not linked. 4. As is the case of most books of this ilk, the diagnosis is better than the cure. Yes he makes general comments like the reduction of incarceration and the like but doesn't really provide a thorough analysis of it. In summary, I really enjoyed this book. Hayes is a gifted communicator and provides some interesting perspectives on what are difficult social topics. The book examines the evolution of our justice system and what's behind the social divide. Interesting perspectives, memorable and provocative thoughts but all too brief, notes are not linked and doesn't really go into the solutions of such problems.
Excellent. This is a hard read, not because its difficult, but because the subject is uncomfortable. Unfortunately, its also very pointed and real, therefore it needs to be dealt with.
Riffing off a phrase from Richard Nixon's nomination speech, journalist Chris Hayes writes a series of essays about how African Americans have in fact become a "colony within a nation" in the decades since Nixon stressed the importance of law and order. The "colony" within the United States is denied the right people enjoy in the largely white "nation" and the nation is built on exploitation of the colony. Issues covered include police violence against Black Americans, and systems of police enforcement driven by drawing revenue from largely Black populations, the War on Drugs, the militarization of police, white fear, and Broken Windows ideology. Hayes notes that the "nation" requires that the "order" part of "law and order" be prioritized and thus law is often used as a blunt instrument rather than a tool of justice. Hayes' strongest writing comes in the analogies he uses to explain his ideas. The life for Black Americans in the colony is similar to Colonial Americans who rebelled against British rule. While unjust taxation is often credited with starting the American Revolution, Hayes traces the history of excessive force used by the British in an attempt to stop smuggling and make the Colonials pay tariffs being the real source of division. White fear that drives police officers and white gun owners to shoot Black people without thinking is similar to the siege mentality of early colonists living among Native Americans and slave owners who lived in constant fear that they'd be victims of violence from Native Americans and enslaved Africans. The idea of how community policing may work in comparison with the increasingly militarized and punitive policing in America today is demonstrated by how college campuses are policed. Colleges have a considerable amount of disorder and a high level of law breaking that is tolerated and even encouraged in a way that is opposite of how a poor, urban neighborhood is treating. This is a well-written and thoughtful book and a good one to read to reflect on current events and how we can change things for the better.
A cry for social justice and a sobering look at our unfair and unequal criminal justice system. Chris Hayes more than adequently pinpoints exactly where and how our justice system has been anything but just for many. The statistics presented and the individual cases were cause for alarm, the rate at which we incarcerate people in this country, staggering. On the ground in Ferguson, during the protests after the killing of Michael Brown, he describes what happened during a before, things not shown in our nightly news segments. There was much more going on in that town, for many years, then we were told. He also gives us a view of the insidious circle of fear and poverty in which so many are engulfed. The catch 22 so many police officers find themselves in, having to take on more than one role, without sufficient training. The double standard of institutions, such as universites that are allowed to police themselves. There is so much covered in this book and Hayes presents this information clearly and easy to understand. Found this eye opening, and though I have no concrete answers I do believe that things need to change. Where to begin is the big question, especially since most politicians seem not to know how to tackle this overwhelming problem, or don't care to try. Simply maddening and heartbreaking.