Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

280 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Delving behind Canada's veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensi...

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informative 98%
challenging 72%
reflective 54%
emotional 31%
sad 25%
dark 9%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 5%
tense 5%

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