Tillys Shelf | BB38: June Plans @tillysshelf | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
I really didn't explain myself very well as I was introducing my reading plans (I thought I'd be able to think of the right thing to say on the spot but the words didn't come). Like many people I have been horrified by the news this week regarding the death of George Floyd in the USA and the continuing maltreatment of protesters, and I have appreciated the many videos I have seen furthering that debate. As a young white woman in the UK with a very limited knowledge of the history of racial tension in the US (even in the UK) I don't feel like I can say anything of value other than that I support those who are fighting for the equality of rights and opportunities that they deserve. Within UK politics, my votes and my voice have always gone and will always go to supporting those who aim to improve that. Making a video more focused on that would, I think, have no concrete benefit and would seem more to be jumping on the bandwagon, asking for praise. By planning a reading project for this month I will keep issues of racial justice at the forefront of my mind for longer, if the news about this fades as it so often has done in the past, and I will also add to my understanding of different cultural perspectives for the future. I've selected from books that I was already intending to read but hadn't prioritised, a number of which specifically focus on narratives of discrimination. I hope that all makes sense.
Books mentioned:
50 Literature Ideas - John Sutherland
I, Rigoberta Menchu interviewed by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El-Saadawi
Death of an Ex-Minister - Nawal El-Saadawi
The Stone Sky - NK Jemisin
The Radiance of the King - Camara Laye
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon - Fatima Bhutto
Beka Lamb - Zee Edgell
Yummah - Sarah Al-Shafei
The Black Book - Orhan Pamuk
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
I really didn't explain myself very well as I was introducing my reading plans (I thought I'd be able to think of the right thing to say on the spot but the words didn't come). Like many people I have been horrified by the news this week regarding the death of George Floyd in the USA and the continuing maltreatment of protesters, and I have appreciated the many videos I have seen furthering that debate. As a young white woman in the UK with a very limited knowledge of the history of racial tension in the US (even in the UK) I don't feel like I can say anything of value other than that I support those who are fighting for the equality of rights and opportunities that they deserve. Within UK politics, my votes and my voice have always gone and will always go to supporting those who aim to improve that. Making a video more focused on that would, I think, have no concrete benefit and would seem more to be jumping on the bandwagon, asking for praise. By planning a reading project for this month I will keep issues of racial justice at the forefront of my mind for longer, if the news about this fades as it so often has done in the past, and I will also add to my understanding of different cultural perspectives for the future. I've selected from books that I was already intending to read but hadn't prioritised, a number of which specifically focus on narratives of discrimination. I hope that all makes sense.
Books mentioned:
50 Literature Ideas - John Sutherland
I, Rigoberta Menchu interviewed by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El-Saadawi
Death of an Ex-Minister - Nawal El-Saadawi
The Stone Sky - NK Jemisin
The Radiance of the King - Camara Laye
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon - Fatima Bhutto
Beka Lamb - Zee Edgell
Yummah - Sarah Al-Shafei
The Black Book - Orhan Pamuk
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
