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last updated Jan 31, 2020 09:30PM
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I enjoyed Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid. It takes a look at tough issues such as race, class, and privilege and provides some thought-provoking commentary. There are two main povs: Emira, a 25 year old African American woman, who babysits for an upper middle class white family, and Alix, the mother of the family Emira works for. One night, as Emira is watching Briar, she is accused of kidnapping the child in a grocery store. The incident is filmed by a bystander, and in the moment causes frustrat
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Okay, I think this book was trying to be really deep and introspective on the issues of race and white privilege but it wasn't successful. She brought up all of these really relevant interactions and then just left me hanging. I felt cheated. I wanted more, in depth exploration of Alix's, Emira's, and Kelley's thoughts and cross cultural/racial interactions. Reid barely skimmed the surface. More focus was put on the storyline instead of seizing the opportunity of delving further into the uncomfo
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Jennifer Simmons
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