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twisty's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
I almost stopped reading at the ridiculous attempts to add in choppy stories about how she’s a woke white person because she lives in the ghetto. But when confronted with Black children, she feels fear, or how she repeatedly leaves the homeless Black man she calls a friend to fend against the police on his own. Or, it’s so generous of her to forgive the (inferred) Black and poor people who “steal” her vegetables, from the “community garden” she has made for the “bettering the neighborhood” - on squatted land. There’s no self awareness or examination of how this is racism and her as the white savior. It seems like she throws in token tidbits about Black people to make her more legit for living in Oakland. I can only hope that since this was written in 2009, the author would significantly address this in any revised version.
The writing overall is a bit wandering. It’s a bit interesting, but mostly self-indulgent.
The writing overall is a bit wandering. It’s a bit interesting, but mostly self-indulgent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Racism
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