SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT!! It’s that time again, and we’re springing ahead with another spotlight! (See what I did there 🤣)Today we are shining the light on Roland Martin. He currently is the host of his own internet news series, Roland Martin Unfiltered. So big ups for that, the only Black owned and operated news show across the web! Well, he has a new book out and I have some thoughts I’d like to share. My 💭; Quick read. Slim volume. Nothing really new here. I really don’t like the term “majority-minority”which Roland Martin uses numerous times in this book. For a journalist of his renown, it strikes me as lazy. I know that term has recently become in vogue, but it really locks Black people and other people of color into being “minority” even as they become the majority. What’s wrong with saying white folks will no longer be the majority? As of 2043, white folks will be the minority. So, how can the current minority move into the majority position, yet still be referred to as minorities? Things that make you go hmmm. That fact aside, Roland Martin does an adequate job of exposing white fear and how it has been manipulated throughout the years to prompt actions that have been detrimental to Black folks. This fear and/or backlash has been written about in other places more forcefully and with more depth. But, this book is a good starting point to begin the white fear conversation, and Roland Martin gives you enough here to properly prepare one to intelligently engage in that conversation. 3.5 ⭐️. I bought my copy from @kindredstorieshtx and for all the latest books you should pay them a visit. Can’t make it in person? Visit their website and have it delivered to your door!! #rolandmartin #whitefear #ownvoicesreviews #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #readmorebooks #blackbibliophile #blackbooksmatter #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviews (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsFD1eAmtH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
