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caseythereader 's review for:
Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth about Where I Belong
by Georgina Lawton
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Thanks Harper Perennial for the free copy of this book.
- RACELESS is part memoir and part close examination of how we construct race in the modern world.
- Lawton deftly pulls apart the various components of what makes race, from skin color to culture.
- Especially important in this book, I think, is the extended discussion of how doing things in a race-blind or color-blind way is actually deeply harmful to BIPOC individuals.
- I appreciate the space in this book that's given over to individual and family therapy sessions. Therapy for everyone!
- RACELESS is part memoir and part close examination of how we construct race in the modern world.
- Lawton deftly pulls apart the various components of what makes race, from skin color to culture.
- Especially important in this book, I think, is the extended discussion of how doing things in a race-blind or color-blind way is actually deeply harmful to BIPOC individuals.
- I appreciate the space in this book that's given over to individual and family therapy sessions. Therapy for everyone!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent