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themclaughs's review against another edition
3.0
I think that a lot of the commentary in this book is spot on, but I feel like it comes at a place of... not arguing, but subtle anger?
It's totally justified, the state of the country, the hypocrisy, and overall racism is definitely not ok.
If you go into this book with an already open mind, you'll get a lot out of it. But if you go into this on the fence, or not understanding, I'm not entirely sure that you'll come away knowing more instead of being upset at the author's tone.
I think in terms of understanding race issues, "So you want to talk about race" by Ijeoma Oluo is a better read. I think this book may resonate more with men simply because of all the sports references, but I think it is more confrontational than SYWTTAR.
Maybe if I had read this book first, I wouldn't feel that way; but it's hard not to compare them.
It's totally justified, the state of the country, the hypocrisy, and overall racism is definitely not ok.
If you go into this book with an already open mind, you'll get a lot out of it. But if you go into this on the fence, or not understanding, I'm not entirely sure that you'll come away knowing more instead of being upset at the author's tone.
I think in terms of understanding race issues, "So you want to talk about race" by Ijeoma Oluo is a better read. I think this book may resonate more with men simply because of all the sports references, but I think it is more confrontational than SYWTTAR.
Maybe if I had read this book first, I wouldn't feel that way; but it's hard not to compare them.
miguelf's review
4.0
A very compelling set of essays that seem to have been written anticipating the events that would unfold in the US several months after the publication of the book in the form of the BLM protests.
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