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How Can We Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged
Kimberly Jones
4.36 AVERAGE
65 reviews for:
How Can We Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged
Kimberly Jones
4.36 AVERAGE
Very powerful. I had to stop myself from constantly making little notes on the Goodreads app. (My physical copy of this book is very cherished and has lots of lovely highlighting and tabbed pages though)
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence
Moderate: Police brutality
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
medium-paced
Loved this overall. Jones did a really great job writing something brief that still feels comprehensive. The book’s primary focus is how Black people have been systemically economically debilitated in America. Jones discusses a variety of very big topics relevant to the thesis. Despite the book’s breadth and short length, it didn’t feel lacking in detail and I never felt lost jumping from subject to subject. Jones’s plan for “How We Can Win” or Reconstruction 2.0 outlines the biggest issues that stand between us and equity. Towards the end, the book veers off into different territory in which Jones offers advice for meeting your needs in life. As someone who likes to read about finance/self-help I was happy to have this included. However, some of the advice, such as the content in the Relationships section, threw me off. While I’m sure it works for the author, I’m not sure that it’s the kind of thing that can be blanketly recommended.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
One of the most practical and applicable books on social justice I’ve read. If you’re looking for a book that addresses the money side of inequity, this is it.
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The focus on individual healing makes it seem as though Black folks are responsible for “fixing” the systemic harm and trauma enacted upon them. There is a small tidbit about how fast food is harmful to children and this is how taking the easy way out leads to bad habits which I find harmful. There are a few more pieces of diet culture throughout. I also don’t agree with her views on relationships and believe they are a bit exclusionary and presented as less complex than reality. That being said, the resources provided in this book are so valuable for all marginalized folks, especially poor folks that do not have access to vital resources. The racist history of the U.S. covered in this book and it’s clear connections to today’s events is something that most folks will not learn in school. This book is necessary and I’m sure helpful to many folks, but there were just a few elements I found problematic which took me out of the book experience. I appreciate the author’s time, perspective, lived experience, and complexities, as it caused me to reflect where tension existed.