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This book shows how a neighborhood reacts to a shooting of a young black man named Tariq by a white shooter. There are multiple first person POVs. When the shooter is let go under a self-defense clause with Tariq's “gun“ no where in sight, the media and a DC politician descend upon the neighborhood. I like how the author presented the fact that even if you were at the scene details can be misconstrued. The book also asks, “Who was Tariq?“

Our staff is involved in some friendly competition with tree decorating this holiday season…how could I pass up the chance to do a Minions tree as my entry? 😂💛💛💛 #minions #christmas #despicableme #bob #kevin #stuart #otto #dave #mel #norbert #beedobeedo #bello #banana

One of the prompts for #Nonfiction2021 was “sunshiney or yellow,“ and what's more yellow than a banana? I've been interested in food justice issues for a long time (the pic is a banana article I wrote in 2002) and Koeppler does an excellent job of tracing the history and diversity of banana varieties, tackling the incredible history of corporate domination and exploitation involved, and looking into the risky future of the current popular strain.

There are a few books that I keep having to replace on my bookshelf. I can't stop sharing them!

My personal copy is always battered, creased and sometimes slightly boughed.
The book, the thoughts of the author, become a place of comfort, even in the moments where the characters aren't particularly comfortable.

This is one of those books. A summary does it no justice.

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Every single banana from the week‘s harvest is carefully skinned, then segregated, so that one breed doesn‘t mix with another. The peeling at HFIS is done by women, paid $10 a day, about double the Honduran wage. Aguilar says they are better at precision work than men. “They handle the fruit more gently,” he told me, “and they have better handwriting.” Each fruit has to be logged so its success or failure can be tracked through the growing cycle.

In 1952 [Guatemalan President Arbenz] issued decree 900. The law would redistribute land to local peasants. It allowed the government to confiscate any farm over 223 acres with a key condition: the land had to be unused. Nearly a quarter of a million acres were divided among 100,000 families...[United Fruit] hired a newspaperman to write a story that would “investigate” the links between Guatemala and the Soviet Union.

While I am actually allergic to bananas, I am deeply fascinated by the history of the banana. This book was so well written and researched, I loved reading it and learned so much!

Hope everyone is having a nice Sunday! #sundayvibes #lotsofbooks ##noexit #thewomaninside #halfofwhatyouhear #trueplaces #greenjuice #greensmoothie #spinach #mango #peaches #banana #netflix #coffeeandabook