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cee_dee 's review for:
Finding Me
by Viola Davis
The only thing in common Viola Davis and I have, is that we’re women. So listening to her situation from child to adolescent to grown woman who is black and extremely poor was interesting. Her journey through self discovery, the still prevalent though sometimes hidden racism and misogyny and how she managed is also interesting.
Yes I use interesting a lot, because I am a white woman from Europe so I cannot know but can only try to use my empathy. My family was not rich and we lived on welfare a good part of my youth, but I still had a nice mice/rat-free (large) appartement with heating and hot water. Listening to this makes me grateful to be living in my country. I find it weird that in a country like the US poverty like this exists, but I digress.
Some instances of injustice made me angry and I wanted to shake people. Like how at the time Ms. Davis was on Julliard they focused primarily on “white” acting. How can you ignore a large part of your people? I hope they altered that a bit; though with the “cultural appropriation” thing nowadays…
There were parts that didn’t resonate with me, like the religious and wanting children-aspect, but those were not extremely prevalent. So why mention it? Because it still had an impact on Ms. Davis’ live, where she attributes some things to her belief.
But all in all a very interesting read!
Yes I use interesting a lot, because I am a white woman from Europe so I cannot know but can only try to use my empathy. My family was not rich and we lived on welfare a good part of my youth, but I still had a nice mice/rat-free (large) appartement with heating and hot water. Listening to this makes me grateful to be living in my country. I find it weird that in a country like the US poverty like this exists, but I digress.
Some instances of injustice made me angry and I wanted to shake people. Like how at the time Ms. Davis was on Julliard they focused primarily on “white” acting. How can you ignore a large part of your people? I hope they altered that a bit; though with the “cultural appropriation” thing nowadays…
There were parts that didn’t resonate with me, like the religious and wanting children-aspect, but those were not extremely prevalent. So why mention it? Because it still had an impact on Ms. Davis’ live, where she attributes some things to her belief.
But all in all a very interesting read!