I’ve not read the book because SH books, in general, drive me nuts.

But this article takes an . . . interesting approach to what makes the book problematic.

Let’s find a common baseline first: can we agree that the ultimate goal of the work is to help with race relations by helping white people see themselves and while moving in non-white space? Forgive my inartful distillation, but that’s the gist of it, yes?

Your objections read like “this book gets on my nerves.” And while that is a very important consideration in many cases, isn’t there a, ummm, consideration missing? You know, that one that contemplates how helpful the book has been given its objective. Have you such information to share?

Not to put too fine a point on it but what — in the name of all that is holy — does it matter if you don’t like a book that works?

I only ask because, and again, I intend no disrespect, you not being among those the writer aspires to help her readers reach, might take your exceedingly over inflated sense of importance and get bent, given how utterly irrelevant what you like is to whether the book serves the purpose for which it was written.

Just a thought.

Be best.