Interesting Book, Message Unclear

This book starts out with the story of Sandra Bland, and her tragic interaction with the police which preceded her death by only a few days. Then the book seemingly promises to make sense of all of this. There are interesting dips into current events, researched and explained in greater detail than maybe you'd experienced in the news, so you start to think, "Okay, I think I'm getting his point." But then in another story, you may find that the opposite is true. While I think the author missed the boat on his direction, the stories and insights gave some food for thought. I don't think he ultimately told us anything about "Talking to Strangers", other than, sometimes things aren't what they seem. That is the overarching message to me. Frustrating though this meandering experience was, at times, ultimately it's our own responsibility to be in charge of our own interactions, and so maybe he didn't fail me after all.