Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

...Stick it To The White Woman. The question readers are left with is “Why?” Why write a book with the objective of vilifying one group of people based on skin color? Why spend months on a project with the end result of dividing and categorizing people? Why sow more discord? Isn’t there enough already? What good can come of lines like "quite bemused by what white girls got away with” and "acting particularly white"? What about "Emira said what she recognized as a very white expression"? How can any honest person deny that those are racist statements- generalizations based on skin color? Those kinds of statements are not acceptable no matter which direction they flow: white-->black OR black-->white. Emira’s (or Reid’s?) values are discordant and muddled. Following pages and pages of anti-white criticism, she thinks to herself “I have a boyfriend and he’s white!” like that is the greatest accomplishment of her life. She expressed one opinion I agreed with when she said to her “woke” boyfriend “You’re not helping anyone but yourself.” Other problems with this book: It is full of argot (as Victor Hugo called it) which, rather than contributing to character development, just interrupts the narrative flow. The prose is unremarkable and weak. The descriptions of sex and photographing breasts to text boyfriends add nothing of value to the story. The whole package is tied up with sparkling F-words galore. As I read, I jot down quotes that are profitable, worthwhile, or just interesting. I did note one from this book. If you value your reading time, I would recommend that you just read the quote here rather than slog through this counterproductive book. In addition to being a quote some young people might relate to, it also sums up the more (barely) interesting aspect of the book: "...but this was also mostly the problem. Emira didn't love doing anything, but she didn't terribly mind doing anything either." Does racism exist in America? Of course it does. Because no matter the color of skin, people are broken. People think and do wrong things. How do you fight racism or any other human problem? Not by corporate slander- not by using a book to launch stale criticism against a faceless mob united only by its accusers. You fight it the slow, toilsome way- by nurturing caring relationships- one person at a time. Come, let us reason.