Pretty great... right up there with Brittney Cooper's [b:Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower|33574165|Eloquent Rage A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower|Brittney Cooper|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1498834108s/33574165.jpg|54380609], Ijeuma Oluo's [b:So You Want to Talk About Race|35099718|So You Want to Talk About Race|Ijeoma Oluo|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1499224833s/35099718.jpg|56405219] and Ta-Nehisi Coates' [b:Between the World and Me|25489625|Between the World and Me|Ta-Nehisi Coates|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1451435027s/25489625.jpg|44848425], which she directly addressed and quoted near the end, Austin Channing Brown's voice is another one meeting head on the daily micro-aggressions and full-on overt racism which she has experienced and/or observed in this country. So often White America pats itself on the back for all the progress that has occurred, when really, Jim Crow laws are not in our distant past, and even when they (we) have the best intentions, White Privilege/Tears can often overshadow the truths being vulnerably shared by the very people who shouldn't have to teach their white peers what they do not, or even choose not to see. I'm so appreciative of this small volume which proved so affecting. The discomfort she received growing up with a "white male" name, her, sadly necessary, caution to be totally honest at work to protect the feelings of white colleagues per the urging of her oblivious superior, and her dread for her son... were all cushioned by beautiful prose and the perfectly biting rage- excellent.