Colorblind

This book was absolutely disgusting.

It's not a bad premise, but the execution was terrible.

Let me set the scene.

It's set in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1968.

So yeah, segregation was very much still alive.

The idea is that some black teachers would teach at all white school and some white teachers would teach at all black schools. This process didn't sit well with many of the parents, students, or teachers. However, our main character, Lisa, happens to be the daughter of a lawyer who defends black people in the community. She also has a cleft lip and cleft palate, so she is the most likely person to understand what it's like for her new teacher, Miss Loomis, to be absolutely terrified to begin working at their school. It's a stretch though.

This book literally teaches nothing about racism.

It paints an elder black teacher as a woman who is afraid of her students.

It shows that punk as white boys run this shit show.

It had so many oddly placed racist remarks that are quickly explained away by some vague description that didn't address the root issue.

Honestly, I tried to reason with myself on reading this book.

I really had to push myself to finish it.
I ignored the terrible reviews, the indie publishing house, the countless grammatical errors, and the formatting problems.

I wanted to give this book the benefit of the doubt. But at the end of the day, Leah Harper Bowron choose to make the title of her book Colorblind and then went on to use the same word as a derogatory remark towards the end of the book.

Do not waste your time or money on this.