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Which Side Are You On
- A Novel
- De: Ryan Lee Wong
- Narrado por: Scott Takeda
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Twenty-one-year-old Reed is fed up. Angry about the killing of a Black man by an Asian American NYPD officer, he wants to drop out of college and devote himself to the Black Lives Matter movement. But would that truly bring him closer to the moral life he seeks? In a series of intimate, charged conversations, his mother—once the leader of a Korean-Black coalition—demands that he rethink his outrage, and what it means to be an organizer, a student, an ally, an American, and a son. As Reed zips around Los Angeles with his mother, he faces a revelation that will change everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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hilarious, dead serious, and insightful
- De Greg en 11-29-22
- Which Side Are You On
- A Novel
- De: Ryan Lee Wong
- Narrado por: Scott Takeda
hilarious, dead serious, and insightful
Revisado: 11-29-22
This first novel is a funny and insightful take a heavy topic: police brutality and Black Asian community relations. Wong recounts real world events to weave a narrative that draws attention to racial injustice while also contextualizing and complicating our understanding of the issues that are tearing at us today. The book is also a coming of age story of a young man trying to make sense of the world that appears neither logical nor fair. Reed, the protagonist, draws on his sharp and witty mother and his kindly and wise father for intergenerational lessons that challenge his woke language, yet keep him true to his quest for a more humane and socially just world. It’s a important and delightful read.
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