A review by brooketreads
Pushout by Monique W. Morris

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
I listened to Pushout on audiobook. It was a hard listen, but necessary. The author shares many stories that she has collected  from Black girls from all over the country about the horrible things they have had to experience as part of the public education system. It was absolutely heartbreaking to hear some of these stories, but we need to hear them. The book also discusses how stigmas about Black girls get pushed onto them, and at some point these girls start to believe it and even embrace it - because people think I might as well be it. There was also a line about how Black girls/ women being considered “loud” for having the audacity to stand up and be heard. I don’t know why that just felt so powerful to me. I also appreciated that the epilogue gave some ideas for supporting Black girls for supporting themselves as well as their parents / community, resource offices, and educators to support them. I’m sure this section could have been so much longer, but there are so many more resources out there to look into for that. 
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