Underground CodesWinner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention Americans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self fulfilling prophecies and authentic links to race, class, gender and crime go unexplored. Katheryn Russell Brown, author of the highly acclaimed The Color of Crime, makes her