Before choosing which memoir I wanted to read, I sat here reading descriptions of some that stuck out to me. The description of this book made me interested in it. Like the author, I have white privilege and I always find it interesting to see other people's point of views and how they use their white privilege to do good. I grew up in a family who was very open about things and open to having these conversations. From a basic outside point of view, I can see that because we both have white privilege me and the author are similar in that way, but I am excited to read the author's experiences and see if he feels the same as I do. I chose this book over some of the others because I like books that somewhat relate to my experiences and that I can relate to.
Update:
I ended up changing my novel to Free Lunch by Rex Ogle. When reading my original memoir, it wasn't really reaching out to me and making me want to read it. I couldn't get into it, and I decided on Free Lunch. I picked this one because in middle school I was in the free lunch program as well. I wanted to see if the author had the same feelings as I did about being in the program.
I saw at least one other person with the same book and line of reasoning for choosing it and I definitely understand why. I feel like a lot of times we gravitate towards what's familiar because it's easiest to understand and relate to. However, for me, I purposefully wanted to choose a book where I would have different experiences from the author and I knew that there wasn't an immediate relation to my own experiences. I want to see how even though it may seem like there isn't anything in common if there are experiences that I can relate to in some sense.