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Angie Thomas: On the Come Up (2020, HarperCollins Publishers)

Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip …

Crossover book about hiphop culture and various double-binds facing Black youth in America. My mother suggested I read it, I think because some elements match my own background. In that context I found it a little basic, as exercises in remedial empathy go.