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A review by uddrchaos
The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate by Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Arno Michaelis
2.0
Perhaps this is better read by someone who needs more of a primer or entry into these topics but this was such a let down.
1. I learned way too much about Arno, like way too much. Why is he the main character here?
2. I learned way too little about the people who passed and too much about the shooter himself.
3. The way Arnos writing sometimes reveled in the debauchery, violence, and hate sometimes comes off as romanticizing
4. I wanted way more about the work post hate then this book delivered
5. Occasionally the framing of how could this happen to a peaceful Sikh community instead of the Muslim terrorist they thought we were inadvertently reads as well they would have deserved it more because their religion is actually violent. I don’t believe this was intentional but it is there.
6. The glossing over of Arnos removal from his previous non-profit work felt strange.
7. Arno pats himself on the back wayyyyyyy too much for my taste. (Like the bumper sticker sidebar?)
I don’t know it’s not bad necessarily, but it’s also not saying anything new or revolutionary either.
1. I learned way too much about Arno, like way too much. Why is he the main character here?
2. I learned way too little about the people who passed and too much about the shooter himself.
3. The way Arnos writing sometimes reveled in the debauchery, violence, and hate sometimes comes off as romanticizing
4. I wanted way more about the work post hate then this book delivered
5. Occasionally the framing of how could this happen to a peaceful Sikh community instead of the Muslim terrorist they thought we were inadvertently reads as well they would have deserved it more because their religion is actually violent. I don’t believe this was intentional but it is there.
6. The glossing over of Arnos removal from his previous non-profit work felt strange.
7. Arno pats himself on the back wayyyyyyy too much for my taste. (Like the bumper sticker sidebar?)
I don’t know it’s not bad necessarily, but it’s also not saying anything new or revolutionary either.