A review by daceydacey
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

4.0

Listened to this as an audiobook and I’m glad I did. It’s narrated by the author, which I always appreciate. I couldn’t stop listening. It will make you think and, if you’re a white woman like me, it’ll probably make you feel (appropriately) like an ashole. Nothing can change without accepting the past, our entire racist past, and our personal role as undeservingly privileged white people. We have to keep reading even when it stings, really especially when it stings, so that we move forward with intention and our focus on ending racism and racist practices. As other readers have noted, Jerkins’s book is particularly powerful because it centers her personal experience as a Black woman in America -  the best essays were the personal ones that allowed us to see the world from Jerkins’s perspective. I do think the book could have benefited from additional editing - it could sometimes feel a little disorganized.