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The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I've Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance by Matt Ortile
5.0
CW: Graphic Sexual Content, Racism, Colonialism,
Genre: Memoir/ Essays, Asian American, Immigrant, LGBTQIA+, Racism
I don't even know where to begin with this book. It's part essay, part memoir, part manifesto. At points, I found myself weeping at being SEEN. Ortile expertly calls out his own biases, his own issues with colonialism and internalized homophobia. As someone of indigenous Mexican descent, I find it too easy to fall in line with colonized thinking, make my self small for the comfort of others. It’s easier to be small than to question my own biases and prejudices.
The shame and hassle to be better than expressed by Ortile were a familiar garment, worn at the request of others. Ortile writes with ease and humor; The Groom Will Keep his Name flows naturally.
I couldn't go a few pages without highlighting passage after passage. I want everyone to read this book: white, Asian, immigrant, American, queer, straight, everyone.
Genre: Memoir/ Essays, Asian American, Immigrant, LGBTQIA+, Racism
I don't even know where to begin with this book. It's part essay, part memoir, part manifesto. At points, I found myself weeping at being SEEN. Ortile expertly calls out his own biases, his own issues with colonialism and internalized homophobia. As someone of indigenous Mexican descent, I find it too easy to fall in line with colonized thinking, make my self small for the comfort of others. It’s easier to be small than to question my own biases and prejudices.
The shame and hassle to be better than expressed by Ortile were a familiar garment, worn at the request of others. Ortile writes with ease and humor; The Groom Will Keep his Name flows naturally.
I couldn't go a few pages without highlighting passage after passage. I want everyone to read this book: white, Asian, immigrant, American, queer, straight, everyone.