Domestic Genocide eloquently captures the voice of those afflicted by the blowback of racial capitalism. Part autobiography, part academic writing, this work also interweaves poetry and prose to create a compelling case study of the effects of institutional racism.

In what has become a highly controversial topic, American institutions have come under fire as a growing number of committed scholars and advocates for social justice fight to dismantle political structures that have been designed with the sole intent of organizing American political life to the advantage of its white ruling class. In the case of poor, black and brown America, this translates into their communities and lives being exploited to the fullest, if not destroyed.

In his highly critical analysis, author, activist and philanthropist, Ivan Kilgore unapologetically explains the various cultural and institutional frameworks that operate to preserve this agenda. Here, the backdrop centers on Ivan’s life where the day-to-day struggle to rise above the mire of poverty, injustice, racism, miseducation, and violence in society have taken him on a journey throughout American ghettoes and prisons to now seeing this work adapted and nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Parts of this book have been adapted to film & nominated for two Emmy Awards. See more at: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/02/27/welcome-to-the-zo