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

4.0

Memoirs have never been my go-t0 genre because they by nature offer such a narrow perspective, but I do love Jim Grimsley's writing and that alone elevated this one for me. Having lived all my life up north, it was interesting to gain some insight into what it was like to be growing up as a white child in the south during desegregation. I appreciated the author's honesty in writing about his thoughts and actions and how his understanding of race evolved.