A review by emswantree
The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander

informative inspiring sad

5.0

This book is very compact and has so much in it to understand.  I am constantly confused by what moves White people in this age of highly documented racism but this book addresses the normalization of racism in so many ways in our art, in our education systems and in our culture.  What sticks with me is the fact that people of culture can now move out of story, personal, generational or otherwise, and see the documented lynchings of people of color daily.  We have videos and dash cameras and body cameras. White people can see them too but seem to only be moved if the facts are just right.    I can’t imagine how it must feel to see clearly documented murders by people paid to serve and protect and the watch our white communities do next to nothing. It is like living through a thousand cuts.