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Punch to the gut.
For the past two years I have been following Black authors, pastors, and professors on Twitter to understad why they say, “It is not my job to educate white people. I am tired of working for free.” Ya’ll can get a fantastic education with this book right here.
If terms like “white tears,” “white fragility,” and “white guilt” make you prickle, you should give this book a listen. If you are in a church seeking to do social justice ministries, throw around the word “reconciliation,” or you know, follow the Bible, you should give this book a listen. It is specifically written to a white Christian audience that is so entrenched in cultural racism that they are blind to their own good intentions being racist in their roots. Blind to how our attempts to build bridges are actually burning them down.
If you read ONE Christianish book this year, LET IT BE THIS ONE. It will save you two years of Twitter listening.
For the past two years I have been following Black authors, pastors, and professors on Twitter to understad why they say, “It is not my job to educate white people. I am tired of working for free.” Ya’ll can get a fantastic education with this book right here.
If terms like “white tears,” “white fragility,” and “white guilt” make you prickle, you should give this book a listen. If you are in a church seeking to do social justice ministries, throw around the word “reconciliation,” or you know, follow the Bible, you should give this book a listen. It is specifically written to a white Christian audience that is so entrenched in cultural racism that they are blind to their own good intentions being racist in their roots. Blind to how our attempts to build bridges are actually burning them down.
If you read ONE Christianish book this year, LET IT BE THIS ONE. It will save you two years of Twitter listening.
Fans of Stranger Things, take note! Set in the 80's, a group of four girls on their paper delivery route gets caught up in a time traveling battle from the future. The girls are spunky and sassy, and the story is thoughtful and fun.
Brian K Vaughan is my favorite graphic novel author so there is no way for me to not love this series. His signature wit, puns, and double entendres are here in full, and he lets the beautiful art do the storytelling.
Brian K Vaughan is my favorite graphic novel author so there is no way for me to not love this series. His signature wit, puns, and double entendres are here in full, and he lets the beautiful art do the storytelling.
Soooo interesting. This book isn’t so much about the technical aspects of AI and robotics; it’s much more about applied philosophy and what we believe about the essence of humanity, consciousness, and intelligence. If you are writing some speculative fiction, this book is chock full of ideas for you.
This story is sweet and completely innocent... Christian romance with buzzwords to prove it.
I love following Sarah Kendzior on Twitter. She always has insightful takes on current politics and specializes in Central Asian dictatorships. Very interesting/scary to see parallels between the US and those countries. She predicted Trump's win and many other things that have come true, by the way. While I have known about this self-published ebook collection of her essays for several years, she has now gained enough notoriety to have them picked up by a publisher and also made into an audiobook--my library got both!
These essays were all previously published by various news sites, and they are categorized according to theme. Themes include women in the workplace, contemporary racism, the disappearance of the middle class, higher education, and US foreign policy.
Her writing style is tightly edited and hard-hitting. Highly recommended, but this presentation of reality will surely make you pessimistic (which, Kendzior notes, is key to making changes to weak and broken structures that American optimism is so happy to overlook).
These essays were all previously published by various news sites, and they are categorized according to theme. Themes include women in the workplace, contemporary racism, the disappearance of the middle class, higher education, and US foreign policy.
Her writing style is tightly edited and hard-hitting. Highly recommended, but this presentation of reality will surely make you pessimistic (which, Kendzior notes, is key to making changes to weak and broken structures that American optimism is so happy to overlook).
Maya Angelou is America’s greatest treasure. She brings hope, dignity, reprimand, and encouragement with her choice words. “Fight the good fight, run the race, keep the faith,” is imbued in all her poems. I loved this collection.
The author reads her own poems in the audio of this book—a special treat.
The author reads her own poems in the audio of this book—a special treat.
Wonderful and meaningful. I'm glad this woman is our Poet Laureate.