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A review by mariab27
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
5.0
Stars: 4.5
What a riveting book! I first heard about this on The Stacks podcast. When Traci said she loved it, and when I heard it was written by two reporters, I knew I'd love it too. The telling of George Floyd's life is filled with nuance and love. Thanks to Samuels' and Olorunnipa's portrayal of Floyd, his family, and friends, I swear that I now view peoples' struggles and their fight for joy through a kinder lens. In "His Name Is George Floyd," I learned more about my own city and about Chauvin's trial.
The only reason for the -0.5 stars is that I felt Samuels and Olorunnipa left out the ways that Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and many of the former Minneapolis City Council members have harmed communities in the Twin Cities by breaking the promises they made after Chauvin killed George Floyd. This nuance is a big part of the story of the Twin Cities since Floyd's murder. By not fully communicating the nuance of broken promises, including Frey's decision to increase Minneapolis's police budget, "His Name Is George Floyd" leaves out the history and the trauma of what it's like to live in a post-Floyd Twin Cities.
What a riveting book! I first heard about this on The Stacks podcast. When Traci said she loved it, and when I heard it was written by two reporters, I knew I'd love it too. The telling of George Floyd's life is filled with nuance and love. Thanks to Samuels' and Olorunnipa's portrayal of Floyd, his family, and friends, I swear that I now view peoples' struggles and their fight for joy through a kinder lens. In "His Name Is George Floyd," I learned more about my own city and about Chauvin's trial.
The only reason for the -0.5 stars is that I felt Samuels and Olorunnipa left out the ways that Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and many of the former Minneapolis City Council members have harmed communities in the Twin Cities by breaking the promises they made after Chauvin killed George Floyd. This nuance is a big part of the story of the Twin Cities since Floyd's murder. By not fully communicating the nuance of broken promises, including Frey's decision to increase Minneapolis's police budget, "His Name Is George Floyd" leaves out the history and the trauma of what it's like to live in a post-Floyd Twin Cities.