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ezbookworm's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This book was easy to read, informative, and inspiring. There are many connections to other similar organizations, goals, and activists in similar fields. Highly recommend this book for young activists.
choirqueer's review
4.0
This was a library impulse-grab. I liked it a lot! I would have liked to see the author examine his own privilege more. I appreciated the ways in which he uses his privilege to lift up the voices of marginalized members of his community/ies It is interesting to see how the seeds being planted in the late '90s have grown into the activist culture today.
library_lurker's review
3.0
i initially read this when i was 19 & it really inspired and amazed me. i picked it up again and i was kinda turned off by it. it's got some good ideas, but the author writes way too much about himself--sometimes it's engaging, sometimes it's merely self-serving. i'd recommend this book for teens and wealthy-yet-radical people. other people might get something from it too, but i think teens and w-y-r people would benefit the most.
jules008's review
5.0
Incredible fresh read that was life changing for me - it made me start listening to hip-hop, with all what came from that.
wealhtheow's review
3.0
This book is better as a reminder than as a wake-up call. Wimsatt didn't write a coherent, cohesive argument so much as an anecdotally charged, energetic ramble. That critique mentioned, Wimsatt is clearly a righteous person who implements the most useful forms of self-help and groundswell/grassroots activism and community involvement.
Not even half of Americans have ever been punched in the face, apparently. Craziness!
Not even half of Americans have ever been punched in the face, apparently. Craziness!