A review by kelseywaters
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota by Sun Yung Shin

5.0

This is an example of a book where you shouldn’t judge the cover—what I did when it first came out. I thought it looked boring and cheap, so I skipped over it. But this book is such an eye-opener of so many different perspectives throughout Minnesota that we so rarely hear from. It smacks you in the face when you feel any thought of pride at where our state currently is. It’s a loud wake up call. Every essay is unique and worth reading, with one of the ongoing themes of being invisible while in the spotlight at all times. There’s a lot of writing about the complexity of being bi-racial/multi-racial and forced into categories of black or white, the shame of “passing.” It’s so good and even more meaningful being completely written by writers based in Minnesota.