This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation

this was mostly such a slog for me. partly it's that it's largely (not enough, but still, quite a bit) outdated, which is great. so it serves almost more as an historical document than a series of essays i was interested in reading for content. but also the entire first third (the hardest part for me) was essay after essay talking about the book that came before this. i'm glad it had such an impact but i don't need a book talking about the impact of another book. it felt worthless, if i'm being honest. it became more interesting as it went further on, but still so many of the essays were tough for me to get through. i had an easier time with the poetry, most of which was really powerful. there were a few standout essays and stories; show more most notably for me were the joy harjo story and the chandra ford essay.

i did note such an interesting point, that we (white liberals, specifically, being called out in this essay) always say 'they're just like us' as a way of supposed community and commonality, but we'd never ever say 'we're just like them.' what a powerful inversion that shows so much. show less