A review by lifeinpoetry
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. Loewen
2.0
This book needed serious editing. Hearing variations of the same phrase common to most sundown towns said over and over and over again and variations of the same ignorant statements from locals was seriously numbing . In the text he meanders from town to town with very little variations. I know this text is about sundown towns but the text could be effective without the n-word being stated multiple times every minute or two.
DNF at a little over 19 1/2 hrs after he got self-righteous and started in on how Black people supposedly play up their fears of sundown towns and make a big deal over something that is now supposedly non-deadly. It's nothing more than humiliation now according to the author but the multiple viral videos and news items of law enforcement being called on Black people during the past decade or few show a different story.
DNF at a little over 19 1/2 hrs after he got self-righteous and started in on how Black people supposedly play up their fears of sundown towns and make a big deal over something that is now supposedly non-deadly. It's nothing more than humiliation now according to the author but the multiple viral videos and news items of law enforcement being called on Black people during the past decade or few show a different story.