Patricia MacLeod

I've read both of these books and for some reason read the second before the first and the first is definitely the better book. I was not shocked by most of the stories, but a few still made my jaw drop. My heart hurt for all of the victims of the stories shared, not all stories are about Lacey, and can only imagine what experiencing those moments feels like as I am not a person of color. The only reason that I gave four and not five stars is because at the end of the book the authors list their intentions for the readers and seem to cast the white readers into one of four categories, none of which include my experiences, perspective, or advocacy work. This was surprising knowing that surely the white friends of the authors would not fall into these categories either or I imagine they would not be friends of the authors. The comments were a little presumptuous and belong on the cover so would be readers don't feel slapped in the face after spending hours in alignment of perspective with the authors.