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A review by mitzee
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again by Dana Alison Levy, Shakirah Bourne
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
This series of essays is a great starter of stories that help people understand the value of allyship, what it looks like to be an ally, what it looks like to fail to be a good ally.
While I understand it’s intended to be fitting for YA audiences also, I give it a 5 because it doesn’t hit hard enough for me. The tone is generally softer and I think that’s great to not make people feel alienated from the concept of becoming an ally, but I wanted it to be more explicit in criticism of what the systems of oppression.
While I understand it’s intended to be fitting for YA audiences also, I give it a 5 because it doesn’t hit hard enough for me. The tone is generally softer and I think that’s great to not make people feel alienated from the concept of becoming an ally, but I wanted it to be more explicit in criticism of what the systems of oppression.