Mugged, by Ann Coulter

If you're on the political left and need a reason to hate Ann Coulter, read Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama.  This a guided tour of the left's use of race to divide America.  Even if you completely disagree with her, she provides enough ammo that someone who wants to demonstrate the hypocrisies and abuses of the left on the subject of race will have a good argument.

Several of the episodes she writes about were new to me.  How about the ambush of police at Farrakhan's mosque?  This episode should be enough to make him a political pariah, but it is one of many events that show that, at least in certain periods and in certain places, black crime has been given a pass due to concerns about black activism.

Coulter argues that the OJ verdict was a turning point.  It was obvious to everyone that OJ was guilty of brutally murdering his estranged wife.  Yet because one of the policemen was painted as a racist for using "the N word" nearly 10 years before in the context of writing dialogue for a movie (!!!), OJ walked.  The absurdity. . . .

Whatever you think of her, read the history she presents.  The left has used race as a divisive point for too long.  Maybe if the perspective Coulter writes from were taken seriously by more Americans, some racial healing could take place.