Non-fiction is not my normal go to so it always takes me a bit to get through those types of books, even when it is a subject I am truly interested in. Perhaps even more so when the topic is so hard.

That said this is an excellent book and one I think should be required reading at some point for everybody. Kendi did a good job of having examples of systematic racism in our country and world and relating it to something that people understand. I also really appreciated is honesty in his own short-comings and missteps in life, as well as the racist biases he had growing up and had to re-learn. it's not every day someone will admit this about themselves so he gets all the kudos for me on that.

This is not an easy read or a quick one and it is also one that will likely require a few re-reads to really understand it. But it is also necessary to read because only by learning the problems at the roots of our society can we work in pruning the bad parts and cultivating the good healthy ones.