A review by imyourmausoleum
Historically Black Phrases: From "I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends" to "Who All Gon' Be There?" by jarrett hill, Tre'vell Anderson

funny informative fast-paced

3.0

This was a super quick read. I listened to it the past two days on my commute, which was about four hours total. The book featured words and phrases, along with the context and meaning behind them, that are, as the title suggests, historically Black phrases. Not long ago, I learned what some phrase that I have heard and even said my entire life was extremely racist towards Indigenous people. I blame that on the education system in Tennessee, as well as generational ignorance and racism in the area I live and in my family. I believe people should strive to be better people, and educating yourself is the best way to combat ignorance, break racist habits you didn't know you had, appreciate other cultures, and learn about the history of other people. I thought this would be a neat book to read for Black History Month. A lot of these things I knew or heard before, but it was still really fun to listen to. The authors of this book have a podcast that I may check out later as well.