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All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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5.0

Beautiful. George M. Johnson recounts his experiences of being both gay and black in this memoir. For those who don't know much about what intersectionality is or how it affects people, I strongly recommend you read this. (And of course, I highly recommend everyone else to read this too).

All Boys Aren't Blue may be rather short, but it took me quite awhile to finish because there's just so much to absorb. Johnson successfully captures how identity can influence every aspect of one's life, which becomes much more salient for people who feel different than the rest of the people in their surroundings. It's heartbreaking over and over again, but it's reality, and also offers some much needed hope.