Open season : legalized genocide of colored people / Ben Crump

Author:: Crump, Benjamin, 1969-
Published:: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Copyright Date:: ©2019
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 260 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Introduction -- Racism kills -- Police don't shoot white men in the back -- Stand your ground -- The conspiracy to discriminate -- Creating the criminal -- Killing them softly -- Voter suppression -- A new form of segregation -- Caught up in the system -- Criminalization and enslavement of the poor -- Environmental racism -- A tale of two Americas -- Conclusion: we rise, we rise, we rise

Summary:

"[Ben Crump] shows that there is a persistent, prevailing, and destructive mindset regarding colored people that is rooted in our history as a slave-owning nation. This biased attitude has given rise to mass incarceration, voter disenfranchisement, unequal educational opportunities, disparate health care practices, job and housing discrimination, police brutality, and an unequal justice system... Open Season is more than Crump's incredible mission to preserve justice, it is a call to action for Americans to begin living up to the promise to protect the rights of its citizens equally and without question."--

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ISBN:

9780062375094 (hardcover)
0062375091 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260).

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