A review by bolynne
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones
5.0
*I received a copy of this book from a Goodreads Giveaway*
Five stars, easy. How could it not be? I teared up, I got mad, I learned a thing or two. All while enjoying the effortless and conversational tone. This book doesn't speak down to you or shy away from the true facts of this country's history and present.
If there's one thing that flows through Kimberly Jones writing like a golden thread, it's optimism and a pure love for the Black community past and present.
For many of us outside the Black community, myself included, 2020 was the year we started waking up and getting really, truly mad. Reading this book and learning more about no just the present state of the Black experience, but how we all got here, was an honor.
I wasn't completely in the dark, especially when it came to the travesty of a criminal justice system we have here, but there were other parts of our history I honestly didn't know about, like the Freedman's Bank. We should all be reading this book and others like it.
Yes, this book is an important read for all people of color, and is speaking directly to them. That doesn't mean white people shouldn't read it, quite the contrary. Something shouldn't have to be speaking to us specifically for us to shut up and listen.
Five stars, easy. How could it not be? I teared up, I got mad, I learned a thing or two. All while enjoying the effortless and conversational tone. This book doesn't speak down to you or shy away from the true facts of this country's history and present.
If there's one thing that flows through Kimberly Jones writing like a golden thread, it's optimism and a pure love for the Black community past and present.
For many of us outside the Black community, myself included, 2020 was the year we started waking up and getting really, truly mad. Reading this book and learning more about no just the present state of the Black experience, but how we all got here, was an honor.
I wasn't completely in the dark, especially when it came to the travesty of a criminal justice system we have here, but there were other parts of our history I honestly didn't know about, like the Freedman's Bank. We should all be reading this book and others like it.
Yes, this book is an important read for all people of color, and is speaking directly to them. That doesn't mean white people shouldn't read it, quite the contrary. Something shouldn't have to be speaking to us specifically for us to shut up and listen.