Brooke Tuttle asked this question about Smoky Night:
This book was listed on an assignment I'm doing as a "controversial book"...why?
Meredith I think this reviewer says it best: https://socialjusticebooks.org/smoky-...
But basically, this book was a white woman's perspective on how a black mo…more
I think this reviewer says it best: https://socialjusticebooks.org/smoky-...
But basically, this book was a white woman's perspective on how a black mother would explain the Rodney King riots of her neighborhood. Smoky Night does not mention race, police, or any of the underlying causes of rioting, the just paints a picture of bad people doing bad things because it's a bad (and not-white) neighborhood. And all of these racial tensions can be solved if we just look to our pets for the answers! (less)
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