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mollysticks 's review for:
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
What a great and depressing read. So many have lived and currently live this reality, so I feel it is my duty to educate myself so I can be a part of the solution and not the problem. There is a long way to go for America, a long way. I highly recommend this book.
Some gems I found from this book, which is a collection of some of his essays or writings over the 8 years Obama was in office.
-The fact that America white washes the civil war. How dare we ask if the price was worth it, cause it was worth it for a lot of people to get their freedom. We live "in a country that will never apologize for slavery, but will not stop apologizing for the Civil War."
-The idea that white people are so mad that affirmative action tried to balance out the races and that it took spots away from deserving whites, when history shows that the white race benefited from universal affirmative action for centuries.
-"Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible." This is horrifying.
Some gems I found from this book, which is a collection of some of his essays or writings over the 8 years Obama was in office.
-The fact that America white washes the civil war. How dare we ask if the price was worth it, cause it was worth it for a lot of people to get their freedom. We live "in a country that will never apologize for slavery, but will not stop apologizing for the Civil War."
-The idea that white people are so mad that affirmative action tried to balance out the races and that it took spots away from deserving whites, when history shows that the white race benefited from universal affirmative action for centuries.
-"Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible." This is horrifying.