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jesusandsheabutterreads's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
cecile87's review
4.0
Although her voice, unfortunately too crass to represent elegant Blackness, her message is for a younger set than I fit in, I appreciate her attempts to empower Black folk to remember their own power and greatness in spite of whiteness-addicted messages and behaviors.
I would have given her five stars if she had put in a chapter on the critical pro-Black behavior of voting locally, statewide, and nationally. Let’s face it, repugnicans as a group are immoral, inhuman and greedy. They could easily lose most elections by the small margins that persistent Black voters could provide.
She missed the opportunity to lay this out in ways that young people could grasp. Perverted leaders create perverted policy. Perverted policies hurt people of color. They need to vote these people out no matter how “political” they feel as individuals.
I would have given her five stars if she had put in a chapter on the critical pro-Black behavior of voting locally, statewide, and nationally. Let’s face it, repugnicans as a group are immoral, inhuman and greedy. They could easily lose most elections by the small margins that persistent Black voters could provide.
She missed the opportunity to lay this out in ways that young people could grasp. Perverted leaders create perverted policy. Perverted policies hurt people of color. They need to vote these people out no matter how “political” they feel as individuals.
zakiyyah321's review
5.0
Real, Raw, and the voice I didn’t know my generation needed! Eboni K is the truth and this easily was one of my favorite reads!
glendareads39's review
5.0
Bet on Black is a powerfully inspired book that put Blackness at the forefront. The title of the book caught my attention.
the_resistance_book_club's review
5.0
This book needs to be in schools! Williams intellectually explains her journey and what Blackness is to her! Eboni explains why we should be happy to be Black as well as explaining how the White America has made us inferior to make us weak while white people succeed with no intellect in the positions they possess! Literally we as Black people need to be unapologetic about our culture!
queenvalaska's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
blackgirltiredbooks's review
5.0
This book is a love letter of sorts to black people in American as much as it's a time to wake up and live in your truth instead of shielding your true self to appease society. The more you read the more you'll see that it's not a fuss at you or make you feel bad about not realizing that we sometimes placate to the colonization and treatment around us type book. It's a so you can see that we are so use to hiding our black identity because others are uncomfortable that we are oblivious sometimes to know it's wrong. The book takes you Through Blackness as it is frown upon by others, but also why you should love it even through the pain, heartache, and suffering. I love the way the author invites us to take up space where they say we can't and do it with your Blackness that is regal and strong. The play by play of the black experience while at the same time giving an instructional blueprint on starting the path of loving your Blackness. This also is a divorce letter to colonization and a love letter to the Blackness within self. My favorite chapters were counsel and process...especially counsel " As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another proverbs 27:17" this reminds me of the movement in which black women on social media apps have decided to come together to build and support each into success. This book is so good from the quotes to the references of black leaders. Outstanding read!