A review by missnicelady
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

3.0

Got an ARC through work. I've been pecking my way through this one during my commute -- it's an interesting take on a lot of issues (the chapters on class, race, and feminism were particularly insightful and well-supported with stats that were not your typical political blogger sort of stats). But Abdul-Jabbar's perspective tends to be above the fray -- he definitely has his opinions about the way the world should be, but he's not a polemicist. I kept thinking I would get bored and set this book aside, but then I kept going back to it, perhaps because it's not a barn-burner and I can't handle "hot takes" anymore this election season. This feels like the perfect book to give to that family member you don't see eye-to-eye with, but you want to explain something like Black Lives Matter to them and still be civil to each other at Thanksgiving, and you think they'll probably read it because everyone likes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, you know?