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tkretzer 's review for:
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I was a little confused here and there as to the format and direction of this book, but it worked out in the end. Sometimes
biographical, like with the information given about Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Civil War General and slave trader, sometimes historical, sometimes reflective and challenging.
This book discusses many things surrounding ‘white america,’ how our history has shaped us, the arguments for and against removing Confederate monuments, the differences between monuments and memorials (something I had not ever specifically thought about), and poses the question ‘where do we go from here?’ Very thought-provoking and educational.
Two quotes that had a big impact on me:
“If we have no idea of who we’ve been, we have no idea who we are, and thus have no hope of changing.”
“Simply knowing our history cannot redeem us…knowledge alone cannot undo what’s been done in white America’s name. What a clear-eyed sense of American history can do, however, is show us how to look forward and backward at the same time, to see how the past marks the present.“
biographical, like with the information given about Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Civil War General and slave trader, sometimes historical, sometimes reflective and challenging.
This book discusses many things surrounding ‘white america,’ how our history has shaped us, the arguments for and against removing Confederate monuments, the differences between monuments and memorials (something I had not ever specifically thought about), and poses the question ‘where do we go from here?’ Very thought-provoking and educational.
Two quotes that had a big impact on me:
“If we have no idea of who we’ve been, we have no idea who we are, and thus have no hope of changing.”
“Simply knowing our history cannot redeem us…knowledge alone cannot undo what’s been done in white America’s name. What a clear-eyed sense of American history can do, however, is show us how to look forward and backward at the same time, to see how the past marks the present.“