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plantbaybe's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
grayola's review against another edition
5.0
I studied Sociology in undergrad at NC State—a school heralded for its technology and engineering, not its critical race theory. However, my professors there truly changed my life in their classrooms. Dr. Ebert, thank you. Professor McKelvy, thank you. The scholars you introduced me to in those classrooms were peppered throughout this book and I was delighted every time Fleming brought them up. This book does such a great job of grounding academic concepts into less than 300 pages. Crystal M. Fleming, you are a hero!
curatedsymposium's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
shelbzdix's review against another edition
3.0
This was the first anti-racist book I read to start to educate myself on the racial injustices in our society. It was hard for me to get into at first because it was written in a way a textbook might be, but once it got into the modern reality and the history behind it, it became easier to follow. This book really helped me realize that no matter how hard (white) people try to pretend racism isn’t in our world, it has been built for us to succeed, and for people of different races to fail for centuries.
The biggest takeaways I got from this book is that no amount of studying is going to give you the experience of the negative effects of white supremacy, but it is important to know they exist and how to recognize them and address them. I also learned that everyone plays their own part in addressing it and how that role can change over time. Finally I got uncomfortable thinking about how things in my life have helped play into this white supremacist society we live in and how ignorant I was to not see it or acknowledge it.
The biggest takeaways I got from this book is that no amount of studying is going to give you the experience of the negative effects of white supremacy, but it is important to know they exist and how to recognize them and address them. I also learned that everyone plays their own part in addressing it and how that role can change over time. Finally I got uncomfortable thinking about how things in my life have helped play into this white supremacist society we live in and how ignorant I was to not see it or acknowledge it.
bajammies's review against another edition
5.0
It’s not personal: everyone is stupid about race. We exist in structures of white supremacy like fish live in water, and the hard work to become aware of it all around us never ends. The goal each day is to get less stupid about race than I was the day before. Reading this book turned out to be the most aggressive deconstruction of my stupidity to date. I was wrong about so much! I was angry about the wrong things. I admired the wrong people. I sought the wrong solutions. And I was so, so smug about being a progressive liberal. As painful as it is to get knocked off the pedestal I didn’t realize I was on, I am deeply thankful for the course correction. I’ve got a lot to think about.
katebrownreads's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
emmacorinne's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the best books on race that I’ve read this year. Everyone should read it with an open mind, and be ready to learn.
heykylie's review against another edition
4.0
A stellar, important, fascinating, sobering, necessary read.
I took copious notes and am now revisiting those and trying to really cement these concepts and ideas so that I can learn, recognize, call out, take action, and see this systemic racism and my inherent privilege within. My duty to learn and then take action.
V good read.
I took copious notes and am now revisiting those and trying to really cement these concepts and ideas so that I can learn, recognize, call out, take action, and see this systemic racism and my inherent privilege within. My duty to learn and then take action.
V good read.