The New Jim Crow

Extremely well argued, the author paints a bleak (yet somewhat unsurprising) picture of the American justice system. I especially enjoyed her rationalization of ghetto culture and the potentially deleterious effects that affirmative action may have on African Americans in general. Her background as a lawyer is easily detectable in the rigor of the text. My single gripe is the infrequent appearance of typos. One of the best books I've read in the past several months. A must-read for anyone interested in race or justice.