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Eleven-year-old Darnell Cooper, malnourished and uneducated, is plucked by chance from the abusive horrors of a Philadelphia slum by Lionel, a brash, young, black lawyer struggling to find his own identity. Darnell is discovered to be phenomenally intelligent, and he also becomes the best high school basketball player in the country. But Darnell famously spurns the NBA and chooses to attend the University of Pennsylvania. Overnight, he becomes an American icon.
Darnell's unparalleled success as a student-athlete culminates when he falls in love with Kelly, a Penn freshman and the daughter of a Philly cop. But when Kelly's dead body turns up on the night she and Darnell first make love, he is charged with her rape and murder.
The District Attorney believes it his duty to seek the death penalty despite doubts that Darnell is capable of murder. Lionel believes Darnell is guilty, but loves the boy too much to allow him to be convicted. Kelly's father only wants revenge. Their fight is not only against each other but against each man's perceptions of race and justice--where Darnell's life hangs in the balance.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Jason Hawk
reviewed What Color Justice on March 31, 2014
What Color Justice
Heads up that the first chapter (and a few other parts) are very difficult to read. Otherwise, I thought it was a good book, which highlights the injustices and racial biases that persist in the court system, in schools, on the streets, in our minds, everywhere. I also enjoyed that this book was set in Philadelphia for lighthearted reasons such as the big 5 basketball references, but also for the reason that it made the book's messages ones that I couldn't ignore. I have been a Philadelphia juror, convicting criminals, and I have driven past slums...and allowed myself to be desensitized to the poverty I've seen. This isn't just a made up story about a place far away from me. These are my neighbors. :(
I do want to pat myself on the back for correctly guessing the surprise twist at the end, though.
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