[3.5 stars] It’s hard not to take in the backdrop of the south side of Chicago without comparing this book to Native Son by Richard Wright but it stands on its own. Reading this book 50 years after its release and seeing how much remains unchanged in the way police brutality and anti-Blackness functions in this country typically makes me feel discouraged but I left this book feeling curious more than anything. What does justice actually look like when you’re fighting a violent, racist, impermeable system.