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This collection of essays by Enjeti is an incisive look at identity, society, culture and politics in our country through the lens of a woman who grapples with her own identity as someone mixed ancestry: Indian, Austrian, and Puerto Rican. Essays on news media, hate crimes, gun violence, voter suppression, and literature provide a holistic view of how her identity shapes how she moves through the world, as well as how identity and whiteness as default influence so much of society.

anj_t's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

angelaf's review

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Wow. . . I found Enjeti's essays to be at once confirming, enlightening, and convicting. I fist-pumped as she roared about 40-plus-year-old women growing into themselves and their rage in "Anger Like Fire;" I wept when she shared experiences of prejudice in "Southbound" and "Treatment." Throughout the essays, Enjeti weaves history and personal stories to elucidate greater truths. Overall, though, I was reminded that we all must do better by each other beginning with how we personally respond to injustice. For me, the collection is summed up by, " . . . we too must take responsibility for our relaxed complacency and intentional obliviousness . . . I too have much to learn and a long, long way to go."

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