Introduction: Twelve moods for justice / Jabari Asim -- Just another "Nigga" : reflections on black masculinity and middle-class identity / Mark Anthony Neal -- Quitting the club / E. Lynn Harris -- Black man standing / Jabari Asim -- Twisted street logic / Brian Gilmore -- The race industry, brutality, and the law of mothers / David Dante Troutt -- The black belt : how justice begins at home / Fred McKissack Jr. -- Fear of a blue uniform / RM Johnson -- My flesh and blood : black marks and stigmata / Ricardo Cortez Cruz -- From within, from without / Andre Jackson -- Mediation in black and white : unequal distribution of empowerment by police / Christopher Cooper -- What I learned in school / Mat Johnson -- Police state of mind / Rohan Preston.
Summary
A collection of essays from some of the most renowned contemporary writers discusses what it is like to be a black man living in the United States today, facing the American justice system.
