by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 5, 2018 | RESIST: Social Justice
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors absolutely gutted me. I couldn’t breathe in so many parts of the book. I was holding my breath in sorrow, anger, outrage. With all this, you should know that I’m not a particularly emotional reader. I cry while...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 6, 2018 | RESIST: Social Justice
Michael Eric Dyson tells it like it is in Tears We Cannot Stop. Subtitled A Sermon for White America, it is just that. In both structure and tone, Dyson combines his experience as both pastor and professor. It is a moving and emotional book. But it’s also exquisitely...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 30, 2017 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Social Justice
George (Minoru) Omi’s memoir about growing up second-generation (Nisei) Japanese in 1930s and 40s America is an important story. Everyone should hear more about the tragedy of incarcerating American citizens of Japanese descent after Pearl Harbor. My mother-in-law was...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 24, 2017 | RESIST: Social Justice
During 2017 I made a specific effort to broaden my reading experience, with emphasis on balancing my white, middle-class education and upbringing. I’ve tried to choose classics written by African Americans, historical works, as well as books that discuss the...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 19, 2017 | RESIST: Politics, RESIST: Social Justice
To say Ta-Nehisi Coates covers a lot of ground in We Were Eight Years in Power is a true understatement. This book has done more to explain to me the state of the U.S. today than several of the other books I’ve read since the election combined. Coates reaches...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 31, 2017 | RESIST: Social Justice
Chris Hayes believes that the United States has a Colony living in the borders of a Nation, which is another way of saying that some of us are treated markedly different than others. This is essentially a book about policing and imprisonment practices in the U.S. It...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 27, 2017 | RESIST: Social Justice
Abolishing the Jim Crow laws was central to the successful change brought on by the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. However, as the U.S. learned in the 2016 election cycle, we are far from a post-racial society. Long before that, back in 2010, Michelle Alexander...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 2, 2017 | RESIST: Social Justice
I loved this book! It’s one young black man’s process of growing up and analyzing himself and the world he lives in. However, it’s not a traditional “coming of age” story with everyday minutiae. Smith includes his inspirations,...
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