Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

Author: Layla F Saad. Review by Fred Ashmore

'The work is uncomfortable and challenging.' | Photo: Book cover of Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

For many Friends, the violent death in Minneapolis of George Floyd has felt impossible to discount or ignore. But like others I have been uncertain about what would be an appropriate response. ‘Black Lives Matter’ has not leapt to the top of our Society’s national agenda, though we have worked with other churches. More learning about racism and informed self analysis seem to me vital factors in progress for an individual Quaker, and one of those appropriate responses. In June, I came across this book, which drew me in as a possible way to make progress.

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