Our book club started as a way for our friend group to stay connected, but we keep choosing books by white authors and when I suggested we diversify our reading list, a few people got defensive about 'bringing politics into everything.' Now I feel like I have to choose between staying quiet or being seen as the difficult one who ruins the vibe.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to maintain social harmony collides with the need to address exclusionary patterns that some see and others don't.
“Where Are You with Immigration and identity?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.