All he does is discuss the history of racism and how it affects the world today, and you are offended by that.
So tell me: under what circumstances are we allowed to discuss racism without offending you?
I suspect you're misinterpreting his post. He's not offended, just doesn't like the preachy writing. Not everything has to be a grandiose political issue.
It's the same problem I had in the past year while trying to learn about North American indigenous. I couldn't find anything that was strictly about indigenous culture, and not political. If that's your bag, fair enough, I just didn't want to listen to people lecture me about colonialism.
There are brands of readers out there who just want to know what happened, not necessarily save the world from evil.
I didn't say it was preachy writing. I was asking if it was. My first impression is yes. I was just wondering if it gets better.
Yup. Totally agree. I picked up a book on Roma culture. Almost nothing about their culture. Almost entirely a book on how much they have been victims and then stuff about how they are just like everybody else. Not interesting for me and not the book I wanted to read.
I also picked up a book on North American Indigenous. Same deal.
There's a theme with these books. Too overloaded with violins. Too little substance imho.
Contrast it to books about wars and military history. Overall, great at giving an in depth description of what went on, from a variety of perspectives. How about a book like that about some contemporary racial issue?
I'm getting allergic to virtue signalling by authors.
