Antiguan in America is a timely and urgent read for all individuals seeking to build their racial awareness to "be the change" they hope to see. The coronavirus pandemic has bookmarked a poignant time in our history; it has magnified historical equity issues in systems across our nation. Lessons learned from the pandemic require us all to begin the critical "work" of strengthening our racial awareness. In the absence of racial awareness, we risk doing business as usual — subscribing to institutional practices that perpetuate systemic racism and oppression; rather than disrupting said systems within our sphere of influence. Antiguan in America is the lead-by-example academic text that will invite readers to engage authentically in the difficult but necessary process of interrogating their personal histories centered on race.
