The skin we're in : [kit] a year of Black resistance and power / Desmond Cole.

The skin we're in : [kit] a year of Black resistance and power / Desmond Cole.

Alternate Title
: 
Skin we are in

By
: 
Cole, Desmond, 1982-

Publication Date
: 
2020

Publication Information
: 
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada,

Physical Description
: 
Books.+ 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.

Subject Term
: 
Black Canadians.
 
Discrimination in law enforcement.
 
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
 
Police brutality.
 
Police misconduct -- Canada.
 
Police-community relations.
 
Race discrimination -- Canada.

Geographic Term
: 
Canada -- Race relations.

Series
: 
BOOKCLUB KIT
 
BOOKCLUB KIT.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary
: 
In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding.

Audience
: 
For bookclub participants.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780385686341


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