I'll have to read this one. So many of us seem to lack a basic grasp of history -- maybe not surprising, given what's glossed over in schools. I know I'm still learning everyday and can't claim perfection by any means. But it pains me when someone seems unwilling to understand, or simply blissfully unaware there might be something more to why various inequalities persist and why our society operates like it does, how institutional racism is still very much a thing, etc. I read lots of drivel from people re: race in America that might sound perfectly logical if, you know, you entirely ignore all the ways our past interacts with our present. Bryan Stevenson's Legacy Museum in Alabama does an incredible job of connecting dots, focused specifically on the slavery to mass incarceration pipeline. I have to admit I hadn't thought too deeply about how Black families were separated until I visited that museum. Most of what I remember from my school days is a whitewashed "good people helped on the Underground Railroad" summary.
It's remarkable that an event that was, sadly, common for its time would have such a resounding impact on the people involved and their nation many years later.
My books-to-read list is growing. I have you to thank for expanding my knowledge of what is available. Usually, I'll have the Fishers Library order books to ensure they're in the community. This book, I'll purchase for my own library.
I'll have to read this one. So many of us seem to lack a basic grasp of history -- maybe not surprising, given what's glossed over in schools. I know I'm still learning everyday and can't claim perfection by any means. But it pains me when someone seems unwilling to understand, or simply blissfully unaware there might be something more to why various inequalities persist and why our society operates like it does, how institutional racism is still very much a thing, etc. I read lots of drivel from people re: race in America that might sound perfectly logical if, you know, you entirely ignore all the ways our past interacts with our present. Bryan Stevenson's Legacy Museum in Alabama does an incredible job of connecting dots, focused specifically on the slavery to mass incarceration pipeline. I have to admit I hadn't thought too deeply about how Black families were separated until I visited that museum. Most of what I remember from my school days is a whitewashed "good people helped on the Underground Railroad" summary.
It's remarkable that an event that was, sadly, common for its time would have such a resounding impact on the people involved and their nation many years later.
Thank you for another terrific book recommendation.
My books-to-read list is growing. I have you to thank for expanding my knowledge of what is available. Usually, I'll have the Fishers Library order books to ensure they're in the community. This book, I'll purchase for my own library.