I could not stop listening to Dear Martin, even when my heart ached for Justyce and that feeling of not fitting in anywhere and the immense rage of injustice.įind Dear Martin on Goodreads, Amazon, Indiebound & The Book Depository. I feel like Dear Martin should be required reading because of the fantastic and insightful ways Stone brings up these issues, as well as the counter arguments. NEW BOOK NEWS Book title: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Synopsis: Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League - but none of that matters to. It’s about racism, racial profiling, police brutality, and more. I’m not at all equating our experiences, it was just a way I related and thought, “Yes, I’ve also had these conversations”. While I’m not Black, I have heard so many conversations about affirmative action, color blindness, and stereotypes.

So many conversations from Dear Martin could have been ripped out of my past. It’s a shorter book than you might be expecting, but it brings up issues of dealing with the racism of our peers, within our family, and not letting it change who we are. Martin Luther King.ĭear Martin is gripping and incredibly necessary. It’s a book that starts before the death of his best friend as Justyce writes letters to Dr. Reeling from the loss of his best friend, Justyce is thrown headfirst into a journey where he must question his identity, how he handles the racism, and how he will move on from his best friend’s death.

Dear Martin is powerful, gripping, and heart wrenching.

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