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The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed
In a fast-paced true story that reads like a novel, The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed is "a book that is by turns fascinating and infuriating - often in the same breath. It's a compelling read but more than that, in a nation where some of us still fail to understand what's so bad about racial profiling, The Black Dragon is a profoundly necessary book," according to Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. of McClatchy Newspapers. "Collum has written a definitive history of a sad chapter in American law enforcement" says Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security. "But while the subject is serious, Collum's fast-paced and engaging style fashions a compelling read." And Gregory Kane, columnist for the Baltimore Times, says: "People need to know they should start The Black Dragon when they're not busy because, once they start, they won't want to put it down until they reach the end."
384 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2010
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October 4, 2010
A true story that reads like the best fast-paced thriller, The Black Dragon covers a "sad chapter in the history of American law enforcement," according to Michael Chertoff, former Homeland Security Director.
Leonard Pitts, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist called this book "profoundly necessary." And he's right.
I don't care who you are or where you come from, I don't care what your political leanings, if you're not angry by the end of this book, I submit that you don't have an ounce of fairness, fair play, or justice left in you.
Wrong is wrong, no matter how politics subverts justice.
The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed serves as a reminder of the dangers when "men of zeal" "well-meaning, but without understanding" encroach upon the civil rights of others.
This is the story of the New Jersey State Police and its descent into what some might call a "racial hell." A tale, too, of the men and women who, in many cases, gave their all both in and out of court to bring the practice to light, if only to end it.
Written by the man the Oxford English Dictionary credits with coining the term "racial profiling," you will know what racial profiling really means by the time you finish this book.
As Gregory Kane, Pulitzer-nominated columnist for the Washington Examiner said in a recent column on this book, "[This is] a work that should come with a warning label: Don't read it unless you have absolutely nothing else to do. Once you start, you won't want to stop."
Leonard Pitts, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist called this book "profoundly necessary." And he's right.
I don't care who you are or where you come from, I don't care what your political leanings, if you're not angry by the end of this book, I submit that you don't have an ounce of fairness, fair play, or justice left in you.
Wrong is wrong, no matter how politics subverts justice.
The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed serves as a reminder of the dangers when "men of zeal" "well-meaning, but without understanding" encroach upon the civil rights of others.
This is the story of the New Jersey State Police and its descent into what some might call a "racial hell." A tale, too, of the men and women who, in many cases, gave their all both in and out of court to bring the practice to light, if only to end it.
Written by the man the Oxford English Dictionary credits with coining the term "racial profiling," you will know what racial profiling really means by the time you finish this book.
As Gregory Kane, Pulitzer-nominated columnist for the Washington Examiner said in a recent column on this book, "[This is] a work that should come with a warning label: Don't read it unless you have absolutely nothing else to do. Once you start, you won't want to stop."
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