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A review by jessoehrlein
Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
About being a poor Black student at an elite PWI. Lots of notes of what is the same or different about that experience from being an affluent Black student or a poor white student (which I really appreciated!), but mainly about pushing back on/revealing major acts of racism and classism on campus and the way the university systems rarely result in justice.
Very plot-driven and a quick read, and characters and relationships didn't feel fully developed. But there are moments of a lot of really interesting things -- the relationship to the near-ish by HBCU, the older Black woman that Savannah boards with vs. the Black woman who is president of the university.
Very plot-driven and a quick read, and characters and relationships didn't feel fully developed. But there are moments of a lot of really interesting things -- the relationship to the near-ish by HBCU, the older Black woman that Savannah boards with vs. the Black woman who is president of the university.