![]() ![]() ![]() In 2015, we're still seeing repercussions from 200+ years ago. So the initial fact that this broken and tied-together little family decides to leave Pennsylvania because of racism was a big wake-up call to me, reminding me that, yes, racism existed from the days of slavery and we're STILL seeing the repercussions. Anyway, it seems like racism in American history mostly occupies the space between the 1950s-1960s in my mind, during the civil rights movement and all of that. I have no idea why, it's probably one of those #FirstWorldProblems types of things. And the Italo-Ethiopian War happened basically on the eve of WWII, since the war didn't start until 1939.įor some reason it's bizarre to me that racism existed in 1930s America. Other than that, I couldn't tell you a damn thing. ![]() ![]() And I'm familiar with the name of Haile Selassie. I'm not familiar with Ethiopia aside from the fact that it's the only African country to have never been colonized. Hitler and Mussolini are both in power in this book, but this involves the Italo-Ethiopian War, which is one thing (of many) I've never heard about. World War II is a period of history where I like to think I'm well-informed on things around the world- from an American standpoint, or the Holocaust, or the Nazis themselves, Hungary, Russia, Japan, wherever. One of the things I loved about this book was the setting, and the fact that it was in a location and time period I was unfamiliar with. ![]()
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