A review by bethanyhyde
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota by Sun Yung Shin

5.0

Just finished this book and I highly recommend for anyone who is white and a native Minnesotan. It’s a collection of essays on what it’s like to be a person of color in MN. The stories are brutally honest and painful, tearing apart the myth of exceptionalism and exposing the truth of Minnesota Nice. I was particularly disappointed to read of so many racist experiences at the U of M, an institution I’m so proud to be a graduate of. While this book offers no easy answers, it’s impossible to view this state the same way and it’a a call to action to listen, learn, and do better. Highly recommend. #bethanyhydeyourbooks