That Flag

Sometimes adults want to protect kids from things, but don't know if a child is ready to hear the heavy realities of why something is dangerous, or at least, how to distill it so it makes sense and is not too depressing or terrifying.

That Flag is a story about two young girls who are best friends. The Black girl is not allowed to play with the white girl outside of school, because the white girl's family flies a Confederate flag outside their house.

This was an interesting book about how relics of slavery stay with us and are often trivialized and romanticized. I think a lot about it was well-done, but I did not love how simple the turnaround was for the white family. I guess I object to the idea that racism is so easily relinquished.

Though the topic is niche and important, the way the message was conveyed did not fully land for me personally.