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A review by stevienotnicks
The Accommodation: The Politics of Race in an American City by Jim Schutze
3.0
I didn’t grow up in Texas, so I didn’t realize the full extent to which the education system would teach and altered history. Jim Schutze approaches the tale of Dallas in the 1940s - 1960s with a journalistic curiosity. It is an eye opening account or how the city was built and founded on racist ideals that continue to affect the most vulnerable today, some sixty odd years later.
While I did find the subject matter extremely powerful and interesting, I found the delivery to be quite dry. As more of a fiction reader, I prefer my nonfic to come with a narrative quality that pulls me into the story. I found that to be severely lacking in this book, and unfortunately found myself zoning out and having to reread pages over and over. All in all it is an interesting read for anyone, especially those interested in Dallas history.
While I did find the subject matter extremely powerful and interesting, I found the delivery to be quite dry. As more of a fiction reader, I prefer my nonfic to come with a narrative quality that pulls me into the story. I found that to be severely lacking in this book, and unfortunately found myself zoning out and having to reread pages over and over. All in all it is an interesting read for anyone, especially those interested in Dallas history.