It took me several weeks to read this; I had to renew my ebook, needing a lot of time to digest in between chapters. I can't imagine I'll read a more important book this year. As tough as it is to get through, this is a searing indictment of the racism baked into our legal system, though the writing isn't trying to be sensationalistic; it's simply a litany of terrible decisions, laws, and rulings designed to systematically disenfranchise a race of people. Chapters 2 and 3 in particular opened my eyes to how terrible the Supreme Court has been on matters of race, and how justice can't and shouldn't be blind. Absolutely essential reading for everyone, particularly white Americans.