A Heavy Book for a Lightweight Crowd

For white people, this mind-blowing spotlight of a book pierces the shadows of what we've all been comfortable and complicit with for our entire lives. With what, in fact, our parents and grandparents were comfortable with, and on and on back from the time white folks stepped foot on this land. If only this were a required course in 9th grade, with continuing education beyond, things might start to change. However, the author cites numerous examples of groups of "enlightened" people (white) who came voluntarily to a course to learn more about how to diminish the effects of racism at work, school, etc. only to find that these people are more interested in pointing fingers of blame at others than examining their own shortcomings. The truth is, the problem is in the bedrock of our society and it will take a nuclear blast to unhinge it. That, or years and years and years of slow erosion of the system we have now. 100% recommend this book, although it is a bit painful at times. But that's where we start--by getting a little less fragile.