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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
4 reviews
wandering_canuck's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
HEAVY!! Layla Saad's book is an awakening for me. This book is a fabulous place to start for any white (and white passing) person to start their journeys on how to begin dismantling the systems that oppress BIPOC. If you've ever asked the question, " But what can I do?", this is a great start.
Don't expect this to be a list that one checks off in order to arrive at wokeness. Though Saad guides you through recognizing your white privilege, you are expected to do the work. Oh, and what difficult work this is!!
The book is set up as a 28 day challenge in which you are expected to reflect on the topic being discussed. Be ready to confront your beliefs and actions and be ready for it not to be easy. Think that we are in a post racial world and you are a great ally? I challenge you to pick up this book and see how far you actually have to go. **Spoiler alert** your work will never be done.
Saad does a fantastic job of guiding the reader through such topics as: tone policing, white privilege, and white silence. But don't be fooled, though Layla Saad is the guide, YOU are expected to do the work. This book is a great starting point to dismantling white supremacy.
Don't expect this to be a list that one checks off in order to arrive at wokeness. Though Saad guides you through recognizing your white privilege, you are expected to do the work. Oh, and what difficult work this is!!
The book is set up as a 28 day challenge in which you are expected to reflect on the topic being discussed. Be ready to confront your beliefs and actions and be ready for it not to be easy. Think that we are in a post racial world and you are a great ally? I challenge you to pick up this book and see how far you actually have to go. **Spoiler alert** your work will never be done.
Saad does a fantastic job of guiding the reader through such topics as: tone policing, white privilege, and white silence. But don't be fooled, though Layla Saad is the guide, YOU are expected to do the work. This book is a great starting point to dismantling white supremacy.
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Classism and Bullying
scrubsandbooks's review against another edition
informative
3.5
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, and Classism
peachani's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Ableism, Colonisation, Genocide, Classism, Slavery, and Police brutality
sakisreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
WOW. This book was a whirlwind. Although I am a BIPOC, I wanted to read this book with a white friend so that we could discuss feelings and thoughts that arose throughout. I understand (from this book as well) that that’s not any BIPOC’s job, but this is a friend I love and trust. There were a lot of things I appreciated and understood (e.g. how white privilege has and continues to infiltrate so many systems) but I also found myself gasping at some parts (e.g. particularly pages 142 - 143, where Layla F. Saad discusses not seeing BIPOC educators in her children’s school). This is a book I’ll definitely have to continue to check back in with. I think I will be asking my white friends to read this book, ready for some very tough conversations! 👏🏼
Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Classism, and Racism
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