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“A Good Time for the Truth”
Saturday, February 20, 10:00 - 11:00 am via Zoom


Discussion of  "A Good Time to Tell the Truth: Race in Minnesota"​
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Mark your calendars for Feb. 20, 10:00-11:00 AM on ZOOM and join with other League members to begin an important discussion of A Good Time to Tell the Truth:  Race in Minnesota.  “In this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota’s best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in Minnesota. They give readers a splendid gift: the gift of touching another human being’s inner reality, behind masks and veils and politeness. They bring us generously into experiences that we must understand if we are to come together in real relationships.  Minnesota communities struggle with some of the nation’s worst racial disparities. As its authors confront and consider the realities that lie beneath the numbers, this book provides an important tool to those who want to be part of closing those gaps.”  (Minnesota Historical Society Press)

Sun Yung Shin writes in her introduction that the book is a call for us to listen and learn about one another’s real lives in Minnesota.  “It is time for this book.  It is always a good time for the truth.”

People of color are the fastest growing segment of Minnesota’s population.  But by many metrics, ranging from educational achievement to incarceration, Minnesota appears to be a state failing to deal with “race.”  Shin writes “Race continues to be very real in terms of its influence on the lives of Indigenous people and people of color.  What are these influences and what do they mean for people’s lives?  This anthology begins to answer these questions.” 

Racism is a divisive issue in our nation.  Fortunately, more and more Americans are recognizing the urgent need to have a serious conversation about race in this country.  These essays are offered as contributions to that conversation and as a starting place for LWV Duluth members to learn what meaning these stories have for each of us and for our organization.  
On Feb. 20, we will discuss the introduction and the following two stories:  “Discomfort Zone:  Minnesota Born and Raised”
​by Sherry Quan Lee, and “People Like Us” by David Lawrence Grant.  The remaining stories will be discussed at future gatherings.  

Please RSVP to Gail Schoenfelder at gail4duluth@gmail.com for Zoom invitation and link to join the meeting. 

A Good Time to Tell the Truth:  Race in Minnesota is available from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, Amazon, Kindle, and locally at Zenith Book Store.  Meg Litts is creating audio chapters. If interested, please contact
Meg Litts at meg@ywca.org. 

For the sake of the future for us and our children in Minnesota, your participation and input are important.  Please make plans to read the book and attend the Zoom discussion, as the Duluth League seeks to participate in the process of healing from our country’s oldest wound.