
The story quickly came to national prominence, shaking the country to its core and catapulting its author into the public sphere.

In his 2015 cover story for Toronto Life magazine, Desmond Cole exposed the racist actions of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times he had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists. A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole.
