A review by elenaakers
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

informative inspiring slow-paced

1.5

One of the worst written books I’ve ever read, which is so unfortunate because the premise is so interesting. If anybody could have ever benefitted from a ghost writer it was this guy. It really felt like an editor never touched this, but there was indeed one thanked in the acknowledgements. The author made a few excellent observations about structural racism, but honestly there wasn’t really any new or particularly insightful information about the KKK, and a significant amount of space was dedicated to bashing the left-wing groups that opposed them. Had to remind myself that yes, this is a story about a Black man infiltrating the KKK and that is super cool, but he was also still a cop, and maybe cops should not write books. Anyway, excited to watch the movie!
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