If you are looking to get personal, honest, and relevant insight on racism in America, Citizen: An American Lyric is the perfect book to read. Citizen: An American Lyric was published in 2014 by poet Claudia Rankine. This book is a compilation of poems, essays, and visual art to give the reader a closer look of what it is like being black in America. The book is written in seven sections which are all similar in style and content. With each section giving different stories, microaggressions, and short essays relevant to racism. Rankine writes this book in a way that involves the reader to help better understand what black people go through every day in America. In this book Rankine discusses popular stories in the news such as Trayvon Martin’s murder and Serena Williams. She also discusses microaggressions which are subtle every day acts of racism which sometimes can be unintended to be hurtful. By the author expanding on microaggressions and giving plenty of examples of them, the reader should walk away from this book with more knowledge about racism and ways to respond to it. I wish everyone in the world could read this book. It is a great piece of art to present the racism that is still very real in America.
Being an African- American myself, I …show more content…
This book reminded me that I am not alone or the only person in America that experiences discrimination daily through microaggressions. After reading this book I feel encouraged to speak up for myself or anyone else that is being discriminated against. Some people do not know that their words are hurtful or until you speak up. I feel like I am still on level 5 of the cultural proficiency continuum which is cultural competence. On the cultural proficiency continuum, I strive to be culturally proficient which is level 6 of the continuum. I believe once I begin my career I will be able to be culturally
Being an African- American myself, I …show more content…
This book reminded me that I am not alone or the only person in America that experiences discrimination daily through microaggressions. After reading this book I feel encouraged to speak up for myself or anyone else that is being discriminated against. Some people do not know that their words are hurtful or until you speak up. I feel like I am still on level 5 of the cultural proficiency continuum which is cultural competence. On the cultural proficiency continuum, I strive to be culturally proficient which is level 6 of the continuum. I believe once I begin my career I will be able to be culturally