ccmhats's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Challenging but worth it. Davis is inspiring in her critical, intersectional thinking. Ever-timely, I’m afraid.
soupdumpling's review
5.0
Angela Davis continually provides amazing insight and knowledge for everyone to be lifelong learns and advocates of change. I will revisit this book (alongside many of her other writings) many times to come in the future.
2 quotes that stood out and notes I took:
"No amount of psychological therapy or group training can effectively address racism in this country, unless we also begin to dismantle the structures of racism."
--> This reminds me of the iconic quote "the revolution will not be televised" which has also shifted to "the revolution will not be diversity and inclusion trainings." This need to be dismantled rather than band-aided over.
"Our young people deserve a future, and I consider it a mandate of my ancestors to be a part of the struggle to ensure that they have one."
--> I might not see changes in my lifetime, but I want the impacts I make now to produce changes in the future.
2 quotes that stood out and notes I took:
"No amount of psychological therapy or group training can effectively address racism in this country, unless we also begin to dismantle the structures of racism."
--> This reminds me of the iconic quote "the revolution will not be televised" which has also shifted to "the revolution will not be diversity and inclusion trainings." This need to be dismantled rather than band-aided over.
"Our young people deserve a future, and I consider it a mandate of my ancestors to be a part of the struggle to ensure that they have one."
--> I might not see changes in my lifetime, but I want the impacts I make now to produce changes in the future.
micklz24's review
3.0
This book was different that I expected because I didn’t realize it was a collection of interviews/speeches as opposed to having a more narrative/memoir feel. However, I still learned a lot and found her commentary on prison abolition to be super interesting and thought provoking. I would love to hear some of her thoughts now, because so much has happened since this was written. All in all though this was a helpful read, just a little disjointed and - at this point - dated.
menollyruth's review against another edition
4.0
I really agreed with everything this book said, and it made me want to learn more about Angela Davis, who seems to be a very unique and interesting person. It brought up issues I’ve noticed in other books, talked some about The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander which I read last year, and made a ton of good points on intersectionality. All together a great and informative nonfiction read.