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How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation

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by Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)

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I think I might like this book but it looks to have a lot of white male voices. Part of the problem not the solution. Does this book meet intersectional standards?
Mya R Jasmine, from my quick research it looks 14 or 15 of the 29 pieces are people of color, several of them also queer. So more than a third, but if you i…moreJasmine, from my quick research it looks 14 or 15 of the 29 pieces are people of color, several of them also queer. So more than a third, but if you include the introduction and closing pieces by the white editors, slightly less than half. I’ll add the caveat that a couple are very light skinned POC, but are Muslim or native Spanish speakers, which I consider axes for abuse if one lives in the US, so I counted them when tallying POC.

I didn’t check for other vectors of marginalization such as disability or neurodiversity.

Approximately 2/3 of the pieces are by women. Of the white contributors, many are some flavor of queer &/or Jewish.

I don’t know what counts as intersectional standards. It’s better than the average compilation headed by a white person, less than I would like.(less)
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If this had come out during the Obama administration,the writer would have been compared to Goebbels. Instead of 'resisting', why don't we work together?
Stacy Did the Obama administration do anything remotely as disgusting and divisive as Trump? How can you work with someone as ignorant as Trump?
Why didn't c…moreDid the Obama administration do anything remotely as disgusting and divisive as Trump? How can you work with someone as ignorant as Trump?
Why didn't conservatives care about "working together" during Obama's 8 years? Why didn't republicans do anything when people in office said their only goal was to block everything Obama did? It's confusing. (less)
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I've got a question. I haven't read the book since it won't be released until May 1, 2018. So my question is simple: are the 56 people who rated the book on some list that gets them books in advance of publication? I'm asking as I've had questions about reviews I've read on Goodreads for quite a while now, as I've seen reviews of books that the poster obviously had not read.
Julie Suzanne Tim, there are people who get advanced copies for review purposes, definitely. I had the same question before I became a librarian and learned that ma…moreTim, there are people who get advanced copies for review purposes, definitely. I had the same question before I became a librarian and learned that many of my colleagues are on that list. (less)
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Is this a book, or more like short stories?
Miss Bookiverse Neither really because it contains works non-fiction (mostly essays) but it is a collection of several short pieces, so in that sense it's more like s…moreNeither really because it contains works non-fiction (mostly essays) but it is a collection of several short pieces, so in that sense it's more like short stories, I guess.(less)
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