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

5.0

I lived the majority of my life as a white woman in Arizona. While in Arizona, I wanted nothing more than to leave; to flee to a place that I felt better represented me and my progressive ideals. I wanted to move to a place with water and trees and four seasons and bike paths and breweries that let dogs INSIDE...I wanted to live out the life of a 30 something single white lady moving for her career. So I pulled a Mary Tyler Moore and relocated to Minnesota. I have never regretted my move; I have felt happier and healthier and more supported than I ever have before. While I was having my spiritual awakening, Philando Castile was murdered by police, Philando Castile's murderer was acquitted, and Thurman Blevins was murdered by police, 7 members of the White Earth Nation overdosed on opioids (2 died) in a 48 hour time span, Ariel Vences-Lopez was arrested and tased on the light rail after refusing to answer questions about citizenship status, and Fong Lee was murdered by police. The differences between my experiences as a white woman contrasted with the experiences of non-white people is why this book matters.

This anthology was life-changing and eye opening in every way. The race and diversity I grew up with living in a border state in the southwest differs so drastically from race issues and diversity above the Mason-Dixon line. A must-read for any white person, to shed light on the experiences of non-white people in America (especially outside of the South and larger metropolitan areas) and shows white Americans how they can truly act as allies.