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The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself
by David Mura
Thanks to Books Forward PR and University of Minnesota Press for the copy of this book.
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself is an incredible learning tool, broken off into three sections: the present moment, how we narrate the past, and where do we go from here?. I found myself underlining SO many passages in this book. The way that David writes is so easy to understand and I absolutely flew through this text, which is sometimes difficult with nonfiction. The Brief Guide to Structural Racism in the Appendix is pure gold. But what I appreciated the most that really sets this book apart is David’s focus not just on history, present-day events, and facts, but on what can be done for the future and where we go next. Practicality is often missing from nonfiction texts and I’m often thinking “okay, now what?!”, so I loved being able to have some actionable items when I finished this read.
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself is an incredible learning tool, broken off into three sections: the present moment, how we narrate the past, and where do we go from here?. I found myself underlining SO many passages in this book. The way that David writes is so easy to understand and I absolutely flew through this text, which is sometimes difficult with nonfiction. The Brief Guide to Structural Racism in the Appendix is pure gold. But what I appreciated the most that really sets this book apart is David’s focus not just on history, present-day events, and facts, but on what can be done for the future and where we go next. Practicality is often missing from nonfiction texts and I’m often thinking “okay, now what?!”, so I loved being able to have some actionable items when I finished this read.