由– 布列塔尼 K. 巴尼特
Let me start by saying A Knock at Midnight is probably the best diary I have perused in quite a while and certainly a competitor for my best Books of the year. In it, Brittany K. Barnett shares her astonishing life journey and simultaneously clarifies precisely how the “Battle on Drugs” unfairly incarcerated a huge number of Black, Brown and poor individuals. Barnett shares her initial encounters with drugs seeping her own locality, and how the law tried to punish the people respect to the degree of involvement.
她的母亲曾多次入狱，其中包括因毒品罪被判入狱两年。探望狱中母亲的痛苦经历，比她生命中任何其他事情都更能改变布列塔尼的人生轨迹。她逐渐从高薪的企业会计转型为一名年轻的律师，致力于帮助人们摆脱漫长而极不公正的毒品刑罚。
What I cherished most about A Knock at Midnight was that Barnett put faces on the brutality of the “Battle on Drugs.” Last summer I read Books by Ibram X. Kendi, Ta-Neshi Coates, and others that discussed how the “100 to 1” laws began filling jails with Black and Brown individuals during the 80″s, destroying whole communities and filling our jail systems to flooding. In her journal, Barnett shares the practically mind-blowing number of individuals she battled to liberated from the Federal Justice System.
他们的判决令人震惊，因为法律允许累积越来越多的年数，而且通常几乎没有证据。 我从《午夜敲门声》中学到了很多东西，除此之外，它还具有一部非凡小说的“爱不释手”的特质。 我很高兴我读了这本日记。 将此添加到您的必读列表中！
