Dear Martin: Reflections on MLK Day
Dear Martin: Reflections on MLK Day Book: Dear Martin Author: Nic Stone; published in 2017; listened to on audiobook (read by Dion Graham) Of the books I've read focussing on racial injustice and prejudice, Dear Martin has been my favorite, so I decided I'd do a quick write-up for MLK day. I finished the book Oct 17th of 2022 (about three months ago from the time of this writing), and finished the sequel, Dear Justyce, on Nov 15th. The premise of Dear Martin is that the protagonist, a black high school student named Justyce, starts a diary of sorts to help him process his experiences as a young black man. The book's title comes from Justyce's approach of journaling as if he were writing to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Time and again, he asks what Martin would do in his situation. How to balance anger and compassion? How to respond to offenses, small and large? Superficially this book has a lot in common with The Hate U Give (by Angie Thomas). Both books focus on black h...