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This Is My America
by Kim Johnson
I found this one to be very powerful. I read it almost in one sitting. Tracy has been writing letters to Innocence X, a fictional version of something like the Equal Justice Initiative, hoping that they will take her father's case to exonerate him. Otherwise, he will die in 275 days. She's balancing the normal problems and microaggressions in Galveston, Texas, but when her brother is accused of the murder of a white classmate, Tracy springs into action to find out what really happened.
This book shows the little things that beat down on Black people every day, the fear that violence will happen because you stepped a little out of line. One of the more powerful lines for me states that a white person with a gun has more rights than a Black kid with Skittles, which is sadly true in America.
This book shows the little things that beat down on Black people every day, the fear that violence will happen because you stepped a little out of line. One of the more powerful lines for me states that a white person with a gun has more rights than a Black kid with Skittles, which is sadly true in America.