Reviews for Race, redevelopment, and the new company town

The average rating for Race, redevelopment, and the new company town based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-11-08 00:00:00 Damien Jean Luc It was very funny to read this book to later find out that he is the president of my former College. We were assigned to read the book and no one ever pointed it out that the author shared the same name as the president of our school. I think we didn't notice because he truly looks "white" but when we found out we all looked at him differently but in a good way. I loved this book even before i knew the author. I have a lot more respect for him.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-27 00:00:00 Mike Sommers I remember walking into a keynote address by the author several years ago where all I knew was the topic was related to diversity in the legal profession. Before he started speaking I remember thinking I was going to hear a lecture from a white academic who had no personal insights. I could not have been more wrong!! The first ten years of his life he had every reason to believe he was white and no reason to question it. He learns otherwise, which alone might give rise to some revelations, but his living circumstances change dramatically when he is suddenly sent to live with his black relatives in the upper midwest and is immediately living life in a highly segregated community. From the instant he is identified as black, everything about his world changes. How he is treated by the educational system alone is appalling, but there is so much more. His unique story of his upbringing and being thrust into confronting issues of family and racial issues at an early age is very compelling. He recounts his experience in such a way that the reader gets the raw, unvarnished feeling of what he was going through in the moment. Written with elegance and simplicity, yet direct and compelling. Excellent book.