Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I finished Kendi's "Stamped from the Beginning", and it was a revelation to me. Much of the history I had known it bits and pieces, but the way he puts it together makes the racism in this country make sense. It's easy reading, too, because he divides the history of American into five periods under five individuals: Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, WEB Du Bois and Angela Davis. His distinction between not racist and anti-racism is profound as well. I'd read a later book of his before, about how to be anti-racist, which was more personal, and the writing made me want to read this National Book Award winner as well. I can't recommend it enough. Today I am treating myself to 30 minutes alone in my favorite bookstore. I'll be masked, but I know the owners and I'm confident I'll be safe. I want to look at children's books, pick up the new Joe Ide mystery and just see what's out there. I have not gone into a bookstore since covid began. I'm excited!