"[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. And all mask the silent and ongoing systematic killing of people of color. 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."--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
ISBN:0062375091
ISBN:9780062375094
Physical Description:260 pages ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.