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tulipswift 's review for:
Detroit: A Biography
by Scott Martelle
so out of all of my books this semester (besides gatsby) this one I read the most of. I probably read like 75% of it. So that's pretty impressive for me.
ok so if you didn't know I live in Detroit. And this book was written by some guy who stayed here for like one year. He calls the city a failure over and over and is always talking about the tragedy that people here live in like wtf.
There was a lot of clear and organized history and I see why we read it for class. But I mean seriously bro. I'm pissed he's making money off of people scared of Detroit. I mean it's not like there aren't people suffering in this city. There are so many and we can't ignore that and pretend it's all going well now. But why the fuck you gotta come after them like you know what it's like bro? Actually help someone or contact them and tell their story.
Idk I guess he's coming at it from a white man economist like "yep. this is a failure." But dude there's so more to the city. It's not like he never talks about it. He defends Detroit repeatedly actually. But time and time again he concludes with dramatic apocalypse-like descriptions to sell more books and make Detroit like area 51
ok so if you didn't know I live in Detroit. And this book was written by some guy who stayed here for like one year. He calls the city a failure over and over and is always talking about the tragedy that people here live in like wtf.
There was a lot of clear and organized history and I see why we read it for class. But I mean seriously bro. I'm pissed he's making money off of people scared of Detroit. I mean it's not like there aren't people suffering in this city. There are so many and we can't ignore that and pretend it's all going well now. But why the fuck you gotta come after them like you know what it's like bro? Actually help someone or contact them and tell their story.
Idk I guess he's coming at it from a white man economist like "yep. this is a failure." But dude there's so more to the city. It's not like he never talks about it. He defends Detroit repeatedly actually. But time and time again he concludes with dramatic apocalypse-like descriptions to sell more books and make Detroit like area 51