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A review by brownmartian
Here I Stand: Stories that Speak for Freedom by Amnesty International UK
5.0
This book itself sums up the experience - 'Stories and poetry are a wonderful way of making us think, helping us understand the world and other people. More than that, they can inspire our empathy - which we need if we're to overcome prejudice.'.
I've been in this world a while now and I'd like to think that I have learnt a few meaningful lessons, some that I'll take with me to the end. I have experienced hate, prejudice, malice, unreasonable and illogical upsetting behaviour from other people; but that's just one story from one part of the world. There are people out there, living their worst nightmare on a daily basis, without any way of getting out of it. That scares me. That upsets. It angers me.
This book sheds a light on some of those stories through a creative and fictional filter. Our humanity is what we were born with and that comes with a responsibility. The world isn't a box where you can shut yourself out and live in ignorance. It's ugly and unfair and gritty. I hope the sooner people accept that and stand up to it and extend a hand to help others, the better it is for people as a whole.
I've been in this world a while now and I'd like to think that I have learnt a few meaningful lessons, some that I'll take with me to the end. I have experienced hate, prejudice, malice, unreasonable and illogical upsetting behaviour from other people; but that's just one story from one part of the world. There are people out there, living their worst nightmare on a daily basis, without any way of getting out of it. That scares me. That upsets. It angers me.
This book sheds a light on some of those stories through a creative and fictional filter. Our humanity is what we were born with and that comes with a responsibility. The world isn't a box where you can shut yourself out and live in ignorance. It's ugly and unfair and gritty. I hope the sooner people accept that and stand up to it and extend a hand to help others, the better it is for people as a whole.