The Black Agenda

A wonderful overview of all the issues the community and culture faces. Each section highlights the main points and should we want more information, we can go to the works cited for more information.

Tackling issues such as Climate, Health Care, Wellness, Education, Technology, Criminal Justice, Economy, and Public Policy "The Black Agenda" goes beyond showing how Black people are negatively impacted but also gives solutions on how to get better. The Black Agenda highlights Black experts in these spaces who are often left out of the conversation while the spotlight is shone on their white counterparts. These essays aren't all from a heteronormative perspective. We hear the voices from the LGBTQ community and the disabled community too.

I really enjoyed reading this book. With the current climate in this country right now, this book was perfect. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman laid out critical topics for the Black community brilliantly. For each topic, she complied essays from the experts in their respective areas. These topics ranged from economics, education, health, climate, to technology. At the end of each essay topic, there were sources for additional reading.

I highly recommend this book.

This book acknowledges that it is not exhaustive or enough to fix everything, but it is a helpful tool and resource for individuals, and a list of places to start to move forward after the hype of summer 2020 died down.

A lot of the essays are very short, really just introductions to some of these ideas, but they explain in a quick and accessible way how things are wrong and some concrete steps to fix them, at least in the short term while coming up with larger solutions. They're broken into sections focusing on areas like climate, health care, wellness, education, technology, criminal justice, the economy, and public policy.

There are different points of view, including a couple contradictory ones--I was surprised that the first criminal justice essay argued for diversity in police, but then another essay did argue for abolition. Overall though these essays provide a fairly detailed summary of ways to solve so many of the most pressing issues in the United States right now, with a clear focus on Black Americans.

I'm really glad I got the chance to read The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System; I feel like if even one of these policy proposals are implemented, it will be a small step in the right direction.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the chance to read and review this ARC.

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This is an incredible collection of brief essays from such a variety of brilliant experts. I’ll be buying this when it comes out, not least so I have a list of names whose work I should be looking for. If there is ever another edition of or follow up volume to this, I would love more inclusion of creatives and organizers.

I also really enjoyed the foreword and introduction. They provided great context and justification for the collection.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for a digital galley.

What an incredibly important and necessary read. These essays cover many of the “buzz” topics that matter to all of us in America but which directly and disproportionately ·impact people of color, especially black residents, Written by experts from the communities we see not only the problem, we see the solution. Clearly and concisely we learn how to address and rectify these issues. You can also delve into each essay more which is helpful for those of us who do not have the full information through mainstream news outlets. Recommended reading for everyone. I learned a lot and will implement what I learned in my community.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this eye-opening book. I have led a privileged life, and until recently have not really paid attention to politics. This book made me realize that everything is political. Climate, Health Care, Education, Criminal Justice, the Economy,, everything. The book cites sources if you're interested in further reading. This is an important book, and everyone should read it.