I was challenged by a family member to read this as another ‘viewpoint.’ Since I don’t want to “cancel” any black, female voice; I gave it a shot. I made it about half way and realized that I was never wanting to listen. That I had to ‘gear up’ before I could hit play. Ultimately, though her logic and arguments appear to be sound, I found a lot of holes. Personally, I realized I was having to prepare to be ‘yelled out’ by Candace since I was listening to the audio version and feel their is a big difference between passion and aggression and I was only getting the latter from her and couldn’t take it anymore. I also feel that even me giving place for her views in my life may be damaging to the BIPOC people in my life who have a contrary message. I will not give more credence to an opposing experience to that of those I am in personal relationship with. Ultimately, I decided to lay it down and move on.