Our second book will be The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
Final vote tallies were:
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 75.00% (3)
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad 25.00% (1)
I'll get a dedicated thread started before the weekend is out and post a link to it here. I'll also try to get the next poll started early enough to leave it open for a couple weeks to give more people time to learn about the poll and participate.
My apologies if this poll's run was too short. As mentioned before, I'm new to this and learning as I go. Thanks for helping me figure it out.
Here's the dedicated thread for discussing The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
I added the link to the Book History list in the original post on this thread, too.
I’m going to sit this one out. What we are doing with prisons is nothing more than slavery and it’ll be too rough for me now. Book looks excellent though!
It goes much deeper than that. The book is loaded with valuable insights.
I don’t blame you for taking a break though. This stuff is emotionally taxing. It’s heart breaking. Take as long as you need.
The poll for our next book is live. The survey is scheduled to close on Friday, October 9 at noon, CDT (5 p.m. UTC). I'm hoping with 2 weeks of polling we can include input from a few more people.
Vote for the 3rd GWJ Anti-Racism Book Group Selection
Available options include:
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Fleming
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I thought I might mention that So You Want toTalk About Race is one of the audiobooks included with your Audible subscription. So if you’re a premium subscriber you can listen to it whenever you want.
This one has been a tough read, but we'll worth it. It's extremely heavy.
I think So You Want to Talk Abut Race has enough of Oluo's wit and sense of humour to make it a bit of a lighter read.
Karen Chilton is the voiceover for both audiobooks, and her delivery is pitch perfect. The difference in tone really highlights her talent.
The poll for our next book is live. The survey is scheduled to close on Friday, October 9 at noon, CDT (5 p.m. UTC). I'm hoping with 2 weeks of polling we can include input from a few more people.
Vote for the 3rd GWJ Anti-Racism Book Group Selection
Available options include:
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Fleming
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Just a gentle bump to remind you there's a bit less than a day to vote on our next title.
Thank you.
Our third book will be So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
Final vote tallies were:
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 100% (2)
Here's the dedicated thread for discussing So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
I added the link to the Book History list in the original post on this thread, too.
I went rogue and listened to a bit of Audrey Lorde’s Sister Outsider. It’s a collection of essays and poems. Audrey’s tenacity is amazing.
I didn't vote, sorry I missed the thread. However since I'd started that book, I'd be happy to vote for that one!
The New Jim Crow is a hard and heavy read for me, and I'm finding I have to take this one a lot slower in order to absorb the information. I will probably continue to power through it and catch up with the Oluo book discussion as best I can.
I haven't been reading much, but I'd like to add that Boston's Museum of Science is having a virtual presentation on "How to be Antiracist" at 7pm Eastern Time tonight. AFAIK, it's free, though they'd love donations (I'm already a member).
Thank you dee! I would love to make this if I can!
There’s a new book by Ibram X Kendi. It’s called Four Hundred Souls. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s an instant-purchase for me. I need to finish Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng and Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker before I start it.
::singing:: Celeste Ng and I are getting old, but we still haven’t walked in the glow of each other’s majestic presence. 
I apologize for posting in this thread as this is not precisely on topic. However, the most closely related thread has been locked so I found the next most relevant.
There is a new game on steam that was released on Feb 12 2022 called "Tyrone vs. Cops"
The game is supposedly about " exploring the reality of police brutality in America."
I would invite you to review the Steam store page for this game as well as the comments in the Steam forums and draw your own conclusions about what this game is about.
That this game exists is not surprising. That this game would be marketed on the Steam platform and be released during black history month is very surprising and disappointing. I have reported the game to Valve and I am hopeful that some action will be taken. I have been a Steam customer since 2004 and a Valve fan since the original HalfLife.
If after reviewing the Steam store content and the associated Steam community commentary you are as disappointed as I am with Valve I hope you will take a moment to let them know.
Thanks very much
I apologize for posting in this thread as this is not precisely on topic. However, the most closely related thread has been locked so I found the next most relevant.
There is a new game on steam that was released on Feb 12 2022 called "Tyrone vs. Cops"
The game is supposedly about " exploring the reality of police brutality in America."
I would invite you to review the Steam store page for this game as well as the comments in the Steam forums and draw your own conclusions about what this game is about.
That this game exists is not surprising. That this game would be marketed on the Steam platform and be released during black history month is very surprising and disappointing. I have reported the game to Valve and I am hopeful that some action will be taken. I have been a Steam customer since 2004 and a Valve fan since the original HalfLife.
If after reviewing the Steam store content and the associated Steam community commentary you are as disappointed as I am with Valve I hope you will take a moment to let them know.
Thanks very much
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Sorry, still the wrong thread. That stopped a while ago and this should have also been closed. This was a book club thread to discuss the subject of books. Any discussion of games really does not belong here.
There are other threads on D&D forum page that are a bit more on-topic if you got back as far as page 3. Maybe start a new one in D&D or use one of those. If you are wanting to continue this conversation I would suggest maybe being a bit more detailed about Snee-d's track record of being/encouraging vile pepe reddit goblins, as you don't provide much information on how the game is actually racist. All we know so far is the main protagonist is a black, he's gunning down cops like he 5-starred GTA, this was put out during Black History Month, and you don't like it.
The steam reviews are, unfortunately, overwhelmingly positive and the few negative reviews were very much buried. I would suggest that if you're going to link to these resources in ernest, link to the specific posts that gave negative reviews of the game that you found to be enlightening. I've now done over 30-40 minutes of reading and searching to find them, and I wish I could have that time back because I had to wade through some pretty vile and stupid meme-y bullsh*t of people pretending to give actual game reviews to throw off the ratings to be able to see what you were talking about.
Thanks! - A
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