Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

by Ruha Benjamin (Author, Narrator)

An inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world--one small change at a time

Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.

Vividly recounting her personal experiences and those of her family, Benjamin shows how seemingly minor decisions and habits could spread virally and have exponentially positive effects. She recounts her father's premature death, illuminating the devastating impact of the chronic stress of racism, but she also introduces us to community organizers who are fostering mutual aid and collective healing. Through her brother's experience with the criminal justice system, we see the trauma caused by policing practices and mass imprisonment, but we also witness family members finding strength as they come together to demand justice for their loved ones. And while her own challenges as a young mother reveal the vast inequities of our healthcare system, Benjamin also describes how the support of doulas and midwives can keep Black mothers and babies alive and well.

Born of a stubborn hopefulness, Viral Justice offers a passionate, inspiring, and practical vision of how small changes can add up to large ones, transforming our relationships and communities, and helping us build a more just and joyful world.

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Justice, Race, Politics, Sociology, Activism, Science

13 pages, Audiobook

First published October 11, 2022

About the author

Ruha Benjamin is Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. She specializes in the interdisciplinary study of science and medicine, race and technology, knowledge and power. Ruha is author of People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier (Stanford 2013), Race After Technology (Polity 2019), and editor of Captivating Technology: Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life (Duke 2019), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

Ruha Benjamin received her BA in sociology and anthropology from Spelman College, MA and PhD in sociology from UC Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA’s Institute for Society and Genetics and Harvard University’s Science, Technology, and Society Program. She has been awarded fellowships and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Institute for Advanced Study. In 2017, she received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton.

Reviews

[Nathan Shuherk · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s a perfect book. Incredible analysis, writing, organization, and absolutely brimming with information that’s both common knowledge that helps each section flow and things you probably don’t know that keeps the fascination going with each paragraph. It’s simply a must read.

[Traci Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so impressed by Ruha Benjamin she seamlessly mixes memoir with data with research with solutions in a way that is accessible. I really appreciate the ways she sites other thinkers in these spaces. This book is more information than an actionable tool (in my opinion) and at times the hopeful take can be a little frustrating, but I understand it even if I wish it was touch more pragmatic.

[TallieReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won a early copy of this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway and I am so happy I did. This is easily one of the most important books I have ever read. Benjamin provides an education within this book but also an inspiring call to action. Everybody in America needs to read this book, although I'm sure many individuals are not ready to comprehend it. This is especially a good rec for "woke" White people who aren't acutally doing anything to make impactful change. Maybe you feel overwhelmed by white guilt to the point of inaction or maybe you care more about looking like you care with the use of Black Lives Matter merchandise. However, if you truly do care to incite change, this book gives many examples of how to do so, starting our own communities. Benjamin encourages us all to "find our plot" and use the things we are good at to make a difference.

By citing major issues of racism in recent history and exploring the impact this harsh environment has had on her own life, we get a clear picture of how seemingly small actions contribute to the overall hostile climate in America. While racism, ableism and classism are reinforced through a million small actions or people "just doing their jobs" so to can we pave the road for viral justice. The small changes we make lead to larger ones and we hold the power to transform our world in a positive way. A key part of that is understanding the many issues and confronting them.

Benjamin tackles several heavy topics and it is clear that a lot of research and attention to detail went into this book. The first topic she explores is that of "weathering" which is the way that people absorb stressors and how systemic racism causes preventable illnesses. This was a concept I had never heard of and I knew I was about to learn a lot just reading the introduction. She goes on to delve into police brutality, racism and segragation within schools, the harmful results of capitalism and workplace inequities, and scientific/medical injustices before and after COVID-19. Each chapter shed so much light on things I had either heard about briefly or not at all. The statistics on each topic were frightening to say the least and I learned more recent history in this book than I did in 4 years of high school and 2 years in college.

This book has changed me and will change anyone who reads it. It has inspired me personally to be more active in inciting change in my own community. A quote near the end of the book really resonated with me.

"Viral justice differs from the idea that individual (consumer) decisions are enough to address larger systemic issues. We all need trusted friends and comrades at every step, and we must connect with collectives and movements to really shake things up."

I can't wait to read more of Ruha Benjamin's previous work because she is a truly gifted writer and abolitionist. This book comes out in October 2022 and you should buy it for yourself and a friend.

[Sarah Cavar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Benjamin never misses. Viral Justice tracks small- and large-scale care practices, both known and lesser-known, in light of the ongoing COVID pandemic, and offers the ongoing imaginative labor of queer, crip, femme-led communities of color as a means of thinking differently about how we survive continuous crisis. Following on the heels of Algorithms of Oppression, this book might alternatively be titled "algorithms of resistance" or "algorithms of hope" –– not the kind of hope divorced from lived realities of danger, but instead one grounded in the knowledge that we stand on the shoulders of kin across space and time, and have the unique opportunity to learn from each other if only we take the time to listen.

In this book, perhaps even moreso than her other excellent works, she accomplishes the rare feat of writing a rigorous, intimate, and up-to-date work of popular scholarship. I attribute this to her highly collaborative, citational methodology, which is not only part of the research side of this book but also a part of its construction. This is a work to give everyone and to read generously as a group. I will be returning to it many times as a challenge to my cynicism and a balm for my fear.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

I waffled on the rating. It's close to a 3.
My criticisms are the common ones: it's all over the place and has too little structure and focus; it never lays out a replicable blueprint or definition of the term "viral justice" (likely because it isn't the original title, "Viral Racism"), leading to no next steps or call to action; and, it is too much of its moment in time. The section on the surge of action and energy in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd was painful to read here in 2025. The book also comes very dangerously close to undermining the COVID vaccine for being too rushed and drawing haphazard comparisons to it and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, opinions that I believe have also aged very poorly.
"Viral Justice" describes the cumulative effect of individual efforts, but most of what the book describes has nothing to do with individual efforts, and the book criticizes individualism several times. Despite the promises on the book jacket, there are close to zero examples in these pages of how small individual actions can add up to massive change.
At the end of the book, I mostly feel like a choir that was preached, waves of antiracism fundamentals I already knew washed over and past me, with no idea what I should be doing differently than what I'm already doing.

[Carol Tilley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get a copy. Read it. Let's grow a better world together.

[Britta Böhler · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5*

[Harley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very insightful and informative!

[Dilek Sayedahmed, PhD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s work is a key reference to many of our research projects. If you are interested in:

- budget and funding justice in policy design (yes, disinvestment from policing and reinvestment of those funds in public goods is very much possible), as well as
- participatory budgeting, and
- collective + community decision-making, then this is a must-read for you.

What I absolutely love about Benjamin’s work is that she gets rid of the distinction between micro and macro. Or, she at least troubles the distinction.

We internalize larger ideologies and systems. Think about policing. It is not just the people on the street with badges who are licensed to kill. It is also how we internalize the logic of policing in our own relationships, in our own families, in our own institutions. What we call the macro cannot persist without the individual and the communal uptake of those logics and ideologies. It couldn’t perpetuate itself without us buying into it. If that is the case, then we also have the power to begin to disrupt it rather than perpetuating those same systems.

For example: you have a fight or a conflict with a neighbor. The easiest thing to do, the default, is that we call 911. We call the police in, despite all of the evidence that shows that that often exacerbates the violence or the harm. So now you see individuals, communities, buildings, blocks trying to find other ways to address conflict—to intervene when we harm one another—that are working against the grain of business as usual.

That’s where Benjamin’s metaphor of "uprooting and seeding" comes into play. We can’t just call attention to what we don’t want. We also need to experiment with different social relations, different ways to enact change. We need both: the uprooting and the seeding.

Let’s say we were able to defund these harmful institutions, but we haven’t actually started developing alternatives. These harms and conflicts are ever present, so what do we put in its place? You can go institution by institution—education, healthcare, work—and see that we are at a moment where more and more people are bearing witness to what is defunct, to what we don’t want.

Hence, Benjamin tells us now is the time to say, “Let us continue to experiment and grow other approaches. What is real education if what we have in our schools is institutionally sanctioned lying? What is another way to address healing and well-being if our healthcare system perpetuates sickness and disease?” How else can we organize work and rest if people are being weathered to death?

We need to invite more people into the process of seeding and experimenting. Because if we only uproot, then we are going to be left standing in an empty field, with no way of doing things differently.

Here are five key insights from Benjamin’s work:

1. Understanding the Impact of "Weathering" on our Well-being

Recognizing and addressing the influence of social stressors and oppressive forces on both ourselves and those around us is imperative. These stressors gradually erode our resilience, burdening us over time. Coined by Arline Geroniums in 1992, the term "weathering" is a concept in public health that highlights how we internalize stressors and oppressors from our environment, leading to preventable illnesses and premature mortality.

It is essential to inquire about methods of shielding ourselves from the effects of weathering. Both individual and communal actions, even simple acts of kindness and neighborly support, have the potential to transform our environment. Through empowering one another, nurturing our relationships, and utilizing our skills to drive change, we can contribute to dispelling the shadows of oppression and systemic racism in our society.

2. Education Systems as Reflectors of Inequity

Our education systems mirror the broader inequalities present in society.

Within the United States, our education system exhibits similarities to an apartheid structure, segregating students and their opportunities based on race and socioeconomic status. Major cities perpetuate this segregation across schools, while most districts sort students through ability-based tracking. The funding disparity is glaring, as majority-white school districts receive a staggering $23 billion more in funding compared to districts serving students of color, primarily due to historical redlining practices.

Merely acknowledging that children represent our future is insufficient. We must prioritize targeted investments in Black students. Encouraging educational leaders to critically examine existing discussions about racism, as well as investing in mediation and restorative justice approaches instead of punitive measures, are vital steps. Allocating resources and effort towards improving our education systems is paramount for collective progress and sustainability.

3. Transforming the Workplace into an Agent of Change

After scrutinizing education, it's imperative to address the dynamics of the workplace, where labor, livelihood, and racial capitalism intersect.

Wouldn't it be prudent to recalibrate material and social values to center around shared prosperity and well-being, rather than exclusive accumulation and institutionalized greed?

In the realm of work, advocating for concrete policies through collective efforts, such as Universal Basic Income, a federal job guarantee, paid leave, and accommodations for disabilities, is essential. Reimagining the role of work in our lives also entails recognizing that rest, like clean water, nutritious food, and fresh air, is indispensable. Achieving viral justice involves each of us contributing to reshaping norms and expectations regarding labor, productivity, and the importance of rest.

4. Interdependence of Health, Education, and Justice

Elements like weathering, education, work, and rest are intricately linked to health. Maternal and infant health serves as a sensitive indicator of overall societal well-being. Alarming statistics reveal that Black women in the United States are disproportionately more likely to deliver pre-term babies and experience maternal mortality compared to white women.

Even the survival rates for white women are subpar. It is white supremacy, not Blackness, that adversely affects health outcomes, leading to dire consequences.

5. Nurturing Collective Well-being Alongside Strengthening Social Support

Irrespective of background, it is essential to equip current and future healthcare professionals with a deep understanding of the historical and contemporary instances of racism in medicine.

All medical students and practitioners, regardless of their origins, should advocate for academic medical centers to cater to the needs of local Black residents and other communities of color. Cultivating trust between people of color and the medical community is a pivotal step in revitalizing our collective well-being.

Envisioning medical reparations entails a professor encouraging readings beyond the conventional canon, a student applying these insights at their university, a lab director challenging scientific norms, or a medical institute aligning its actions with its mission statements.

Although these steps may appear small individually, together they endeavor to reshape institutional operations. This exemplifies the essence of viral justice. By embracing viral justice, we can establish connections between various forms of harm – from police violence to diseases – dissecting stressors and oppressors that contribute to premature mortality. Our capacity for change lies in uniting as a collective and, through incremental actions, fostering our own viral justice.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite quote from Chapter 7

"'Don’t ever think that everything went right,' as Septima Clark
put it in chapter 3. So it is when we build anything new, whether
physical structures or the social fabric of a community. It can feel like
we’re drowning in an ocean of blues, but when the pain and anger
rip into sound, a 'blues-soaked world, a planet where catastrophe
and celebration—joy and pain—sit side by side' . . . our individual
blues can turn into music."

[angela]

in my princeton university press era

[sabrina]

My mind blooms because of Ruha Benjamin

[Minjeong Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Blue Origin mentioned rahhh (she shits on jeff bezos)

[Dayna Hauschild · Rating 5 out of 5]

This s difficult book to read and would encourage reading with a small group of folks. The difficulty lies not in the accuracy of what she is saying but it is revealing a view of American history we do not to discuss let alone be challenged to change and eradicate it.

I believe it is as necessary read because we do not exist in isolation. Benjamin stresses the concept of plotting as a way of justice work. A misnomer thought is that it must tackle big issues that seem insurmountable. But the reality it it begins small in ways of being in relationships with those who have a different story to tell.

Highly recommend!!!

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Due to the many perspectives and accounts of community members, activists, citizen scientists, and professional researchers, this book is both a fundamental blueprint as well as an arsenal of examples for enacting community-driven, ground-up change. Dr. Benjamin speaks with such innate compassion addressing the many tones surrounding social justice both modern and historic - grievances for the marginalized, murdered by both individual and institution; cheers for the loving weavers of "new social patterns for the fabric of society" - that a reader such as myself can easily dip into the positively contagious effects of affirmative action and influential change. Rather than waiting around for various types of oppressive institutions to enact change from social pressure or getting too hung up on starting big dreams at the individual level, Benjamin makes the effective case that it truly starts with our immediate surroundings, the local communities, and building trust with others "brick-by-brick".

I am a big believer in reads that challenge and potentially change your perspectives while arising from a place of compassion to garner understanding. I would really try to drive the point to others that this book is for Social justice what Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer is for Environmental justice. The formats are quite similar, with the authors arriving at their thoughtful conclusions using similar tactics - calling upon many citations, events, individuals' accounts, and communities' responses to drive their well-researched narratives. So, everyone should read it.

[Carol Hallenbeck · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made it through the long introduction and long first chapter before giving up on this one. This author doesn't seem to have a grip on reality. I really want to know what I can do to virally spread racial justice, but I couldn't get past the first chapter with her myopic viewpoint.
This is only the second book I can remember ever abandoning. I didn't know what to do with the actual book. I don't want it in my house, but i don't want anyone else to read it either. But I don't believe in burning books, so I ended up giving it to my sister to donate it to the library she works for.
The only other book I've ever abandoned was the Agatha Christie mystery I was reading when my son was murdered last year by an unknown assailant. I don't read murder mysteries anymore. Ms. Benjamin, what this country needs is police reform, not defunding. The rampant and unchecked crime in my small city alone justifies not only the need for police officers, but the need for more of them.

[Derrick Contreras · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest this book did not work for me. I thought the content was great (which is why I’m giving it 3 stars) but the way it was presented was incredibly chaotic and not well organized. It’s a me thing but my brain could not handle the constant back and forth between personal anecdotes and recent public events that seemed to be all over the place. I think if I had listened I would have been able to follow it better. There are still some jaw dropping facts in here. But the book needed to be way more focused, address fewer topics, and have a clear thesis to cover what it wanted to discuss. It tried to cover every possible thing you might think of (breadth with no depth) so it was just information overload.

[Farah · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

Some really important ideas that I need to reread because this book was most packed full of important information as well as personal examples.

I wish the organization around the ideas was a little tighter as I feel like some of the wandering through ideas makes it harder for me to remember the point of certain chapters (also some of the reason I need to reskim). The New Jim Crow is the book that I think of when I wonder if it’s asking too much for a book to be incredibly researched and detailed while still building an argument and thesis using those facts.

The poetry and language of notable Black authors and leaders brought facts and statistics to a place where the emotions could hit hard. This could sometimes make it a bit more wandering and harder to follow but as the author points out, viral justice also involves witnessing and acknowledging the pain. I feel like every chapter of this book could be a separate talk that I would love to attend. The downside of that was that I didn't feel that all the chapters went together in as cohesive of a way and there were certainly some ideas that were repeated throughout all of them.

There were some ideas specific to the medical field that I didn't entirely agree with but I'm also trained within the field and so going to be wary about some of the negative ideas about physicians versus midlevels. Yes, there is the history of OB/GYNs discrediting those who were in the field-- but we also have a system of training midlevels now with an increase of online programs without strong ways of separating out the well-trained from those who have the ability to practice without the knowledge. She mentions all the benefits of using doulas in terms of maternal and infant health and I guess I wonder what rates are of morbidity and mortality for certain obstetric emergencies or is it that this works for the average non-complicated pregnancy but still there are situations where people might benefit from being in the hospital. She mentions that most physicians pick C-sections less when it's for themselves- but I would also argue that physicians are more likely to pick physicians to deliver their babies than an NP or PA that they haven't met before.

I appreciated her ideas on reparations from the medical field. I had no idea about the lead studies that were from Hopkins but also other US agencies. I think she made an important point when she stated that we should be calling these atrocities by the names of the perpetrating institutions rather than protecting them by using the names of where communities were hurt.

I think I need to go back to pick out some of the more concrete suggestions- I’m left with more of a feeling that I can’t hide away but still confused about how to figure out how to find my own contribution to viral justice. It’s also pretty devastating to think about how it feels like we have taken a hundred steps back already in 2025 compared to when this book was published. Which of the amazing initiatives in this book are still around? What does viral justice look like in a state of fascism and complete lies- feeling helpless when it is all the more important to engage in thinking outside these political systems that are killing people, setting us back in ways we will not easily recover from, and purposely attacking hope by seeding chaos.

Quotes
p. 11 "Dreaming is a luxury. Many people have spent their lives being forced to live inside other people's dreams. And we must come to terms with the fact that the nightmares that people endure represent the underside of elite fantasies about efficiency, profit, and social control."

p. 33 "The researchers found that those who reported experiencing discrimination had higher cortisol levels, which didn't decrease over the course of the day. In another study, the lab found that even when teenagers merely witness or overhear a racist comment, they experience spikes in cortisol."

p. 25 "the datafication of injustice- the hunt for more and more data about things that you already know much about...

"The research community needs to reckon with how our work contributes to structural gaslighting-misattributing the causes of premature death to biological factors- whether we intend to conceal them or not. And rather than simply studying 'race' as a safe and convenient variable in our regression analyses, we need to call out and organize against racism and interlocking systems of oppression. No more euphemisms, no more feigned uncertainty, no more publications pretending we don't know why people are perishing."

p. 41 "This is perhaps the most sickening part of white supremacy, that to survive, we must inhabit it, know its logics, adopts its vision, if only to evade it" referring to the defense referring to Ahmaud Arbery's toenails - "hunting for any whiff of deviance."

p. 76 The Citizen app as "the gamification of vigilantism, profit derived from mass paranoia under the guise of buzzwords like 'transparency,' 'empowerment,' and 'democratizing' public safety.

p. 78 "If retribution is riveting, a pathological source of unity, then we have to ask whether it is possible to foster social cohesion without an outcast and enemy. Does human bonding rely on someone else's bondage?"

p.109 "it takes a village to commit genocide. But if eugenic world building counts on many small actions, so too does JUST world-building"

p. 227 "the problem is not simply 'a lack of trust' on the part of the downtrodden but a lack of trustworthiness on the part of dominant institutions."

p. 243 "This is the power- like a superpower- invested in whiteness, as well as corporate and state power, to remain invisible when needed and to occupy all the space desired when they have something to gain. How can we ever seek repair for past harms or prevent future ones if we fail to name the protagonists? Our racial grammar requires a use of active voice: we must name the people and institutions that enact harm and structural violence."

[Ethan Caban · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderfully written book. This does not feel like a nonfiction book at all. I have never engaged with a text more. What I liked most about this book is the balance between the hard to face examples, but also the nuggets of positive uplifting stories providing hope for a better future.

Some favorite quotes:
"If there were any chance that a public good would benefit Black Americans, it seems that many whites would rather feast on imagined superiority as their stomachs growl empty."
"If, as James Baldwin put it, "hope is invented every day," then each of us has the potential to be an inventor, designing worlds and remaking structures, even those with decrepit roofs falling down and linoleum tile coming up. We can start building the kind of world we need amid the rubble of the one that we can't stand"

[Kallie · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 rounded up, this is an excellent social justice book about systemic racism and how we can work against it in many small ways. It is easy to read, well organized, full of pieces of the author's life and statistics and data to support all of her points. This is very similar to other anti-racism books I've read, but this has a strong undercurrent of hope and optimism, which can be a bit frustrating when it isn't actually giving us concrete things to do to help. But again, it is not on Black individuals to tell us how to fix problems of our own creation. Also, this lady is way smarter than I am, which isn't always a feeling I get from books.

[Karen Ashmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things go viral in different ways: memes, COVID, movement building. This book examines how racial justice can be viral and impact individuals, communities, and institutions. Ms. Benjamin is an academic who employs lots of data to get her point across but thankfully recounts lots of real anecdotes and personal experiences to support that data.

My favorite quote:
White supremacy won’t die until white people see it as a white issue they need to solve rather than a Black issue they need to empathize with.

[Charri Trembley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was hesitant to start this book because I thought it would be very academic in the writing. I’m very glad that I started and finished the book. The author gave me much to think about and supports my mantra of just be nice. Think about what our house, neighborhood, community, city, county, state, country, and world would be like if we just put kindness and respect for all above everything. She also inspired me to seek more information on medical atrocities, such as HeLa. I do wish she would have delved more into public education,in particular the middle school age.

[Melissa Rodriguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was really a 3.5 star read for me. I think it has some very interesting ideas but not ones that were new to me - especially in the education sector. I do think this is a good overview of ant-racism and steps that can be taken but it’s not very in depth in any one space. This would be a good book if you want a broad perspective of ways an individual can use their strengths to help causes and to not get lost in the systemic things that can’t be changed by 1 person or a small group of people or if you are just starting to think about these topics.

[Chris Linder · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED this book. The perfect beautiful weaving of personal narrative with history and current contexts. She also strengthens my resolve that policy is NOT the answer to our social ills. Community and every day acts of resistance are. It's not quite that either/or, but since we OVERrely on policy to address EVERYTHING, it was refreshing to have that challenged!

[Marissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We need the loud and ferocious world builders as much as the quiet and studious ones........So whether you want to scream or whisper. Write poetry or live it. Now is the time."

A must read in my opinion. Part memoir, part history, and part guide. Benjamin does a wonderful job breaking down every aspect of the system and how we all can work together to create a world where we all can thrive.

[Angé · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful, must-read informative handbook for anti-racism mixed with memoir. It offered practical solutions along with theories to problems to the ever pervasive issue of racism and the rise of the right. Hopefully more people get their hands on this book. Not just people of colour already aware of this space.

[Tim Ubels · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great mixture of memoir and call to action. Dr. Ruha Benjamin ties together a wide variety of topics like the dangers of hyper-capitalism and it's grind culture, academic exploitation, police violence and the continued violation of black bodies in American history. Accessible and well-researched.

[Iliana Yanes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow wow wow. The information density and quality here is intense. Highly recommend

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“Viral justice orients us differently toward small-scale, often localized, actions. It invites us to witness how an idea or action that sprouts in one place may be adopted, adapted, and diffused elsewhere.”

[Hannah]

The kind of book that makes me want to write an essay. So I probably will. Also, the bonus conversation on the audiobook between Benjamin and Ibram X. Kendi marks the first time I didn't dislike Kendi, so that's cool.

[dc · Rating 5 out of 5]

remarkable. readable. required.