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alicebme's review
4.0
Learned a lot about football. And how it’s a gobsmacking example of systemic racism. And how everything is terrible and gross except some people sometimes. WTF, America.
stevenyenzer's review
3.0
As a football newb, I was not familiar with Michael Bennett before I read Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, although as stereotypical SJW I was familiar with many of the ideas. Nonetheless, it was interesting to see them from a different perspective, and I learned a lot about the NFL and the NCAA. Bennett’s voice is fresh, funny, and very readable.
mommyre's review
4.0
This book was designed to make people like me uncomfortable. I am sure it does for some. It makes me angry. Bennett's writing doesn't enrage me, the situation that calls for the writing does. Police brutality tends to go unchecked in this country. I see people who "back the blue 100%" all the time. The problem is that no one should back any group of people 100% of the time. I back the blue when it is warranted and the Black when it is warranted there. The issue is that we have mistaken authority with correctness and legal with right. Slavery was never right, but it was legal. Some say that the slave system has not been abolished, only transfigured. Slave owners beat and killed their property unchecked, and now the system continues to treat Black people like Black property. Kudos for Bennett for kneeling and standing up for his brethren. Now, it's time for White people to stand behind him.
nina_rod's review
4.0
4.5 Stars. Micheal Bennett is a former Seahawk, so I knew exactly who this guy is when I saw this book at a book store during Seattle Independent Bookstore Day. So I just had to buy it! (Support your local bookstores) Bennett talks about how shitty the NCAA and NFL are to its players, the NFL kneeling protests, his foundation on fighting food deserts and how awesome Seattle is! He also talks about other NFL players in a chapter he titles “Soap Opera for men.”
But the thing that made this white girl so uncomfortable is that Bennett says Tom Brady is a good quarterback. WTF! Them fighting words here in Seattle! Does Bennett even want us to read his book if he is gonna say that smug ass, cheater pants is a great player. F that!
Not only does Bennett support the Black Lives Matter movement as an active kneeling protestor in the NFL, but he also supports the Women’s March and eliminating women’s pay inequality and violence against women. And I appreciate that. I am a white woman that supports the Black Lives Matter movement. We can all speak out against any injustice. Intersectionality Matters!
Football is more fun now that it got more political. But for the sake of its players, the sport has to change or it has to go away. We know better now about CTE and it’s affects and we need to do better.
But the thing that made this white girl so uncomfortable is that Bennett says Tom Brady is a good quarterback. WTF! Them fighting words here in Seattle! Does Bennett even want us to read his book if he is gonna say that smug ass, cheater pants is a great player. F that!
Not only does Bennett support the Black Lives Matter movement as an active kneeling protestor in the NFL, but he also supports the Women’s March and eliminating women’s pay inequality and violence against women. And I appreciate that. I am a white woman that supports the Black Lives Matter movement. We can all speak out against any injustice. Intersectionality Matters!
Football is more fun now that it got more political. But for the sake of its players, the sport has to change or it has to go away. We know better now about CTE and it’s affects and we need to do better.
mehitabels's review
4.0
Powerful, clear-spoken, purposeful, and just excellent
Reading in public got me (and the husband) lots of looks, and started some interesting conversations on why white people would read this. But we picked it up because it was by a football player we admired, and because his brothers intro promised to make us think.
Another guy I would like to know, for intellect, for humor, and for the opportunity to learn.
Reading in public got me (and the husband) lots of looks, and started some interesting conversations on why white people would read this. But we picked it up because it was by a football player we admired, and because his brothers intro promised to make us think.
Another guy I would like to know, for intellect, for humor, and for the opportunity to learn.