Thought-provoking and insightful

This was a really interesting and thought-provoking read. It’s a very high level concept posing the question of what being Black means in the absence of white supremacy and how would America change. I think the book answered the question of identity really well. Being Black no longer carries the same weight and fear so race doesn’t really matter, Black people can just be. I look at the journey of identity in the book as less of a discovery and more of a reclamation. When Black people were stolen, their history was taken from them too, and without the lens or structure of white supremacy, people are free to reclaim their true heritage and identities. That part of the book was beautifully depicted and unfolded really well. The book just didn’t hold up on world building and development. There were too many plot holes, too many unanswered questions, and it centralized America within the world without recognizing how white supremacist and capitalistic structures are a global affect that would still influence America even if all white people disappeared from it. As a concept, the book is brilliant and so ambitious. The execution has its flaws, but it is really worth a read.

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