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A review by amberfinnegan
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
4.0
On the Other Side of Freedom was an insightful read. I knew who DeRay Mckesson was, but only in a social media sense. His memoir has helped me understand more about who he is as a person and how he sees himself.
It was interesting to see where he fits himself in to the Ferguson protests and Black Lives Matter movement. As I expected, he spoke a lot about his role as an activist, but he also dipped into aspects of his personal life which was just as interesting. Honesty, I would have liked to have seen this be a longer book with more insight into his perspective of Black men and masculinity and some of the other topics he touched upon but didn’t heavily put his focus.
Overall this was was a good book.
It was interesting to see where he fits himself in to the Ferguson protests and Black Lives Matter movement. As I expected, he spoke a lot about his role as an activist, but he also dipped into aspects of his personal life which was just as interesting. Honesty, I would have liked to have seen this be a longer book with more insight into his perspective of Black men and masculinity and some of the other topics he touched upon but didn’t heavily put his focus.
Overall this was was a good book.