A review by katie_esh
My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capó Crucet

5.0

This collection of essays was smart and engaging, and made me laugh out loud several times. These stories of her Cuban-American upbringing, college years as a first-generation Latinx student, and adulthood navigating the world of academia gave a lot of insight into the non-white American experience in the little ways that aren't often explored in non-fiction (for example, making yourself appear more white when meeting a prospective landlord or Microsoft Word not recognizing your name as a word). I highly recommend this book as well as her debut novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers!