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A review by dana_naylor
The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now by Bakari Sellers
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I think this would be better as an audiobook.
I appreciate the lines drawn from lynchings during Jim Crow to police murdering POC now. The analysis of race as a distraction and dividing technique in order for people to remain in power is done well. There are no endnotes or bibliography, but when Sellers quotes people in the narrative, it would be easy for me to look them up.
I have difficulties with the patriarchal view and religious view through the book. In a letter to his son (Ch 2), Sellers says
I appreciate the lines drawn from lynchings during Jim Crow to police murdering POC now. The analysis of race as a distraction and dividing technique in order for people to remain in power is done well. There are no endnotes or bibliography, but when Sellers quotes people in the narrative, it would be easy for me to look them up.
I have difficulties with the patriarchal view and religious view through the book. In a letter to his son (Ch 2), Sellers says
I call you "Man Man" because it's just me and you, the only men in the house. And when I'm gone on yet another work venture, you know you need to be strong and be the head of the household, taking care of your two sisters and your mother. (p33)
Sellers talks about the importance of women in the civil rights movement, referring to them as "sheroes", and emphasizing their bravery and strength and determination. I appreciate that. But I really hate the "head of household" thinking.