A review by pitbullfever
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

4.0

I didn't read this but listened to it as an audiobook. To me it was like having a conversation with a friend. He answered many questions, too many I know I was afraid but I thank him for addressing. I learned a lot. What he says in the beginning, "you cannot solved a problem you don't have" made me really think about what he was trying to say. If you believe racism doesn't exist, then yes you won't think it is a problem because you're not the one affected by it. I was skimming through some of the review and I can already see some people getting defensive in their reviews. I guess that is par for the course. Confronting something like racism head on, means you will have a lot of pushback. I am a person of mixed ancestry including European, American Indian, African, among others and I want to educate myself on how to be a better ally. I think Acho is incredibly brave for coming out and writing this book because doing nothing about racism doesn't solve anything. I only wish he would've broken down the bigger sections into smaller sections and labeled them in the audiobook but I guess that has to do with the format of the audiobook itself.