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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide | Carol Anderson

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Definite 5 star book. It‘s a comprehensive look at systematic racial injustice in the U.S. from Reconstruction to the presidency of Barack Obama. Great overview, but also goes into plenty of specific detail. Solid half of pages are footnotes, so it‘s scholarly. OTOH, totally readable. Although I read slowly since it made me 😡.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds excellent! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It really is! 👊🏻♥️📚 5y

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A Fighting Chance | Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Warren is a fighter, whether in her personal life or for middle class Americans. From the very beginning of her law career, she‘s been researching and making a difference for regular folks like you and me. I appreciated how she discussed complex economic concepts without being snoozy, or making me feel dumb. Very authentic. 4.5 stars

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m enjoying it too! She has a great way of making complex things very understandable and relatable. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I agree. I also appreciated how detailed her footnotes were—proves she‘s not just pulling her campaign positions from someone else‘s playbook (or from thin air). 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage What I also like about this one, is it was obviously written long before she was planning to run, so it feels more personal than some of those that put out a book at the same time they were running, they seem to be a bit less personal and more outlining their qualifications and platform/policy plans...this one comes across much more personal. 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Well said and I absolutely agree. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I also thought Mayor Pete‘s was more personal. Definitely not Sanders. 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Agreed, Kamala Harris was similar to his....personal, but I felt like they were just sharing the parts of their story that frame their electability. This one is a bit more personal, and includes heartache and tears....not something Presidential candidates usually share. They tend to steer away from things too vulnerable. 6y

alisiakae I really liked this book when I read it a few years ago, and learned a lot from it. I really admire Warren. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Again, that‘s just how I feel. The candidacy-oriented books have to be taken with a big grain of salt. But any memoir is an engineered history, and not the complete story. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft I admire her too. She‘s followed a different path than so many of the 2020 candidates. It makes her more like me than most politicians also, and that‘s something I value. (edited) 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @4thhouseontheleft me too 6y

jamicuns Well this just went on my to-read pile bc of your review. I‘m excited. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @jamicuns Yay! I hope you find it as interesting as I did! 6y

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