Racial Profiling: Everyday Inequality

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Andersen - Westbrook High School, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 18, 2017

Review

This book is a must-have for libraries serving teens. It can be used for research or to inspire youth activists. Tamir Rice, Rodney, King, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, the Flint water crisis, Islamophobia, and the Black Lives Matter Movement are all covered in this 140-page book.The author succinctly traces the political policies throughout history that have created our current culture. Laws and rights and are well explained clearly in both words and colorful charts and graphs.The supporting pictures will grab the reader’s attention. Clear definitions of racial profiling are explained in the text as well as a history of racism in the United States, both explicit and implicit. A Glossary, Source Notes, a Selected Bibliography, suggested Further Information, and an Index is included. This book could be used for class discussions in a civics class or as a nonfiction pairing for The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas.

Overall Book Score: excellent