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A review by khw
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson
4.0
Note: Thank you NetGalley for sending me an eARC of this book!
This book is just the introduction of what I should’ve been taught in history classes but wasn’t. It’s skillfully crafted, well researched, and stunningly written with beautiful yet objective prose. But most importantly, it’s powerful in crafting a strong point and narrating it. It’s informing, but also infuriating and empowering all at once.
We Are Not Yet Equal is the YA adaption for Carol Anderson’s renowned White Rage. From the end of the Civil War to modern day, Anderson highlights and discusses changing, developing, and strengthening race issues facing society. Though these are all issues covered in essentially all U.S. history classes, this book covers everything our school education does not.
In a sense, it exposes what we’ve been taught to think and instead reveals the truth: the fight was not easy, and continues to live on today. We do not live in a post-racial society, or in a color-blind world. This proves itself again and again, day after day.
Understanding the past is vital to shaping our future. I highly recommend it for teens and adults alike, though the book felt very thorough and comprehensive at times. This book is a must-read for white people especially. As a society, we must move forward by learning the system and beating it.
This book is just the introduction of what I should’ve been taught in history classes but wasn’t. It’s skillfully crafted, well researched, and stunningly written with beautiful yet objective prose. But most importantly, it’s powerful in crafting a strong point and narrating it. It’s informing, but also infuriating and empowering all at once.
We Are Not Yet Equal is the YA adaption for Carol Anderson’s renowned White Rage. From the end of the Civil War to modern day, Anderson highlights and discusses changing, developing, and strengthening race issues facing society. Though these are all issues covered in essentially all U.S. history classes, this book covers everything our school education does not.
In a sense, it exposes what we’ve been taught to think and instead reveals the truth: the fight was not easy, and continues to live on today. We do not live in a post-racial society, or in a color-blind world. This proves itself again and again, day after day.
Understanding the past is vital to shaping our future. I highly recommend it for teens and adults alike, though the book felt very thorough and comprehensive at times. This book is a must-read for white people especially. As a society, we must move forward by learning the system and beating it.