Democracy in Black by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. was a thought-provoking and eye-opening read. This novel comes at such a troubling time in America when unarmed black men were being gunned down by police officers at an alarming rate. Glaude argues that in our society there is a "value gap" where we value white people over colored people. Glaude also argues that everyone has "racial habits," and it's our racial habits that shape us and our lives which reinforces our value gap. To uproot the racial inequality in our value gap and value habits, Glaude offers up three components of a revolution of value: (1) change the view of our government; (2) change how we view black people by changing how we see white people; (3) change what matters to us as Americans by telling better stories.
This book couldn't come at a better time. With all the chaos that has been going on with our government, I can't help but evaluate my own thoughts, feelings, values, and concerns about our society and our culture during this time. I don't know if our society will ever find peace and equality, but we need books like Democracy in Black to push us to evaluate our own personal values and to look into our racial habits in hopes to achieve racial equality one day.
Disclaimer: I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
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