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I don't feel the most comfortable asking this question but I'm asking because this is a topic I don't tend to read about much out of, again, discomfort. Not because I can't accept what my ancestors did, more because I'm worried about the chance I might disagree with some of it. My question is, does this book require you to agree with all of it's views to be enjoyable or is it a good discussion piece in it's own right?

Cecilie Jøhnk Like others said, you can learn from a book even if the author, say, jumps to conclusions you find unjust. Personally I just read a feminist, and even…moreLike others said, you can learn from a book even if the author, say, jumps to conclusions you find unjust. Personally I just read a feminist, and even though I am a such one myself, I felt the author was jumping to conclusions on "How men was thinking". The book would have been better by just keeping to what those men had said through time about women.
ANyways, I think it will be good for us uncomfortable-feeling whites to read what the author does not have any more energy to discuss with us, and why.
If you need to warm up, I suggest reading Amber Ruffin's "You won't believe what happened to Lacey" (or something like that) which will leave you laughing, crying, and angry. It is a good introduction to why some black people are really tired of discussing racism, and it's not hostile, but might brace you for the next time someone is suddenly hostile, and you don't get why. You don't necessarily have to feel it's your fault, but it will be obvious why someone is angry, and why they are owed justice.(less)

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