PositiveThe Washington Post...although [Hayes] illuminates a great deal in this short book, he frustrates as well — mainly because he shows that he is capable of more sustained illumination ... this is the most important notion Hayes touches on in his book: the relentless motor force of white fear ... Hayes, a storyteller with a mass audience and a willingness to admit his own fear, is important now ... Fortunately, with his broadcast platform and his manifest smarts, Hayes can make his book the start of a discussion, not the end of one. A Colony in a Nation reminds us that fear of the other, when weaponized and mechanized by the state, usually makes things worse. That’s a lesson Americans of every color would do well to remember.
