A review by rachel_from_avid_bookshop
How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood by Jim Grimsley

3.0

Jim Grimsley's memoir HOW I SHED MY SKIN is a documentation of a white boy growing up in the South in a typical segregated society. With candor and honesty, Grimsley examines the way he was raised to believe racism is normal and for the greater good. Grimsley's story isn't an unusual one, but it is special in the way he seeks to understand the history of the family and community.