The anti-racist book was a nice new approach to racism. We often read about issues as to how it impacts others, the reader is often aloof to the words. This books approach is more on self reflecting to then possibly address the bigger issue at hand. Which makes sense, in racism everyone plays a role and self reflection is need to helps us see our role in the system of race.
I honestly struggled a bit with the point of this reading until I started writing this post. The author explores our sense of identity because to many race is part of it. I don't feel like the information was new, just the idea of anti racism and self reflection of identity is new to me.
I choose to google search race and identity and came across :The complexities of race and identity
In this article they get into a deep conversation about African American who are descendants of slave and their tie to race. The complexity and importance of race to them because of history and the undoing of their cultures and past lives.
This topic is interesting because I have had issues myself of racial identity and struggle to put it into words.
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