This book was incredibly powerful, discussing dynamics both within and between races. Kiera struggles to find her identity at a predominantly white high school, while she's renowned as a queen in SLAY. Between the microaggressions, being critiqued on her own blackness, and discussions on police violence, this book told a touching story of some of the difficulties of growing up black in America. In reading this book, I could see a situation like this occurring today due to the widespread white fragility in our culture. But I hope that in our future we will have more spaces like SLAY both virtually and in the real world, and more books that are celebratory of blackness.