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rifelife's review
5.0
This should be required reading for all Americans. The psychological tools and approach to the daunting task of reckoning with our country’s history while still finding it in ourselves to love our nation and always being working toward “a more perfect union” is just what the doctor ordered for this current societal/political climate.
bootman's review
5.0
I’ve been meaning to ready Dolly Chugh’s books for a while now, and although this is her newer book, I read this one first. I absolutely loved it, and she put into words something many of us on the progressive left think and feel. Basically, this book is about many of the issues that stem from America’s past such as slavery, colonization, and much more. Many think that this means we on the left “hate” America, but the reality is that we love it and it’s difficult for many of us to come to the realization that America has made some major mistakes.
Dolly goes through many of the troubling aspects of America’s past and discusses the cognitive dissonance many of us go through while also maintaining our love for the country. Dolly is an immigrant, and you can tell from this book how much she loves our country. But as Dolly explains in this book, just because you love something unconditionally, it doesn’t mean we can’t have criticisms or desire for us to reckon with the past and do right by the people who were harmed.
This is a fantastic book, and although I doubt it’ll happen, I wish more people on the right who think we hate America would grab a copy and get enlightened.
Dolly goes through many of the troubling aspects of America’s past and discusses the cognitive dissonance many of us go through while also maintaining our love for the country. Dolly is an immigrant, and you can tell from this book how much she loves our country. But as Dolly explains in this book, just because you love something unconditionally, it doesn’t mean we can’t have criticisms or desire for us to reckon with the past and do right by the people who were harmed.
This is a fantastic book, and although I doubt it’ll happen, I wish more people on the right who think we hate America would grab a copy and get enlightened.