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lightreadsOn the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope
4/5. A short book that lives somewhere between memoir and essay collection. My favorite parts are about his – hm. Awakening? It's more like a religious conversion, which is the simile he uses. Anyway, the way the Fergusson protests changed something in him, how he spent every weekend there until he quit his job, how protesting and organizing and learning to survive anti-protest tactics have become his calling.
I recommend the book, but not the audio, by the way. The author reads it, and yes I know why this happens, particularly for autobiographical stuff. But he is not a professional narrator, and his rushed, almost embarrassed style actively undercuts the power of the things he is saying.
Content notes: Police brutality, racist violence, mentions of childhood sexual abuse.
4/5. A short book that lives somewhere between memoir and essay collection. My favorite parts are about his – hm. Awakening? It's more like a religious conversion, which is the simile he uses. Anyway, the way the Fergusson protests changed something in him, how he spent every weekend there until he quit his job, how protesting and organizing and learning to survive anti-protest tactics have become his calling.
I recommend the book, but not the audio, by the way. The author reads it, and yes I know why this happens, particularly for autobiographical stuff. But he is not a professional narrator, and his rushed, almost embarrassed style actively undercuts the power of the things he is saying.
Content notes: Police brutality, racist violence, mentions of childhood sexual abuse.