A review by eagillette
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving

5.0

In this book, the author chronicles her burgeoning awareness of how her actions impacted people of color in a negative way and what she has done in the meantime to change. She talks about her childhood growing up in the 1960s in an affluent suburban Boston neighborhood that involved summers at a beach in Maine and frequent outings to a country club. While some of her early experiences are far different from mine, her exploration into the invisible privileges certain races (mainly those of European descent) are afforded that go back decades were eye-opening. I come from a multinational and multiracial family. I thought I was open and inclusive but I now recognize through this book that my privilege allowed me to benefit in ways I hadn't even considered.