Penny M. (scrunchielady) reviewed on 1/29/2010 + 23 more book reviews

The cliche is "walk in another man's shoes." Unfortunately that is not possible. I was bussed/desegregated in 1976. I have lived since amongst black people and worked with them but culturally I am very white. Despite a lifetime of trying to understand I could only sympathize not empathize.

I think Walter Mosely's Socrates Fortlaw has made a world available to us in a way that was not possible without his observation and interpretation. What I read was moving and it was also disheartening. We have a long way to go before we can get post racial and even if racism (white on black) no longer existed it seems there would be a cooling off period that might take generations.

I believe everyone should read these books.

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