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kelseymangeni 's review for:
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
by Emmanuel Acho
I found this book to be similar in style to How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi but laid out in more layman’s terms.
This book easily could have been doubled in length and I wouldn’t have been mad about it. In his videos we don’t get to hear much of Emmanuel’s perspective, and I just wanted to hear more of it here. I loved how he really broke down tough terms and gave helpful examples for us white people to visualize. And the writing is pretty good for this work going to print in approximately six months. (Events as recent as July 2020 were quoted)
Surprisingly, the chapter that made me most uncomfortable was the chapter on interracial families. Acho asks, “Was a black woman not good enough for you, black man?” Then later on the same page says, “I believe a person should be able to love who they love.” He went on to give advice about your mindset when entering into an interracial relationship. It just really rubbed me the wrong way and made me feel like he wanted people in interracial relationships to justify themselves. Acho never stated whether he had personal experience in an interracial relationship, yet felt justified to give advice to others on the topic.
All together I think Acho did a really incredible job shedding light and exploring different perspectives. He covers topics of white privilege, implicit bias, cultural appropriation and more, l but not in a high brow way, so I can see this book being a really good entry point for people ready to enter into this uncomfortable conversation.
This book easily could have been doubled in length and I wouldn’t have been mad about it. In his videos we don’t get to hear much of Emmanuel’s perspective, and I just wanted to hear more of it here. I loved how he really broke down tough terms and gave helpful examples for us white people to visualize. And the writing is pretty good for this work going to print in approximately six months. (Events as recent as July 2020 were quoted)
Surprisingly, the chapter that made me most uncomfortable was the chapter on interracial families. Acho asks, “Was a black woman not good enough for you, black man?” Then later on the same page says, “I believe a person should be able to love who they love.” He went on to give advice about your mindset when entering into an interracial relationship. It just really rubbed me the wrong way and made me feel like he wanted people in interracial relationships to justify themselves. Acho never stated whether he had personal experience in an interracial relationship, yet felt justified to give advice to others on the topic.
All together I think Acho did a really incredible job shedding light and exploring different perspectives. He covers topics of white privilege, implicit bias, cultural appropriation and more, l but not in a high brow way, so I can see this book being a really good entry point for people ready to enter into this uncomfortable conversation.