During the video of “Racial Justice Reads” I noticed the differences between all the authors and their different ways of expressing their stories. Meredith Talusan talks about his transition from a male to a female. Meredith Talusan also talks about her life before transitioning and growing up in the Philippines. Jaquira Diaz talks about how when she was younger her white grandmother named Mercy would cut her hair because she had “bad hair”. One citation I found was “Our white grandmother Mercy, hated that my hair was a tangle of dry frizzy curls like my father’s bad hairs she called it.” Mercy didn’t appreciate her hair due to her fathers genes and was very racist towards her. Kiese Laymon talks about how growing up he would be taught to survive around white folks and the struggles black people have been through and are still going through. The preview readings “La Otra,” “The Cover of my Face,” and “Quick Feet” all show small parts of the reading and cover a majority of the central ideas being portrayed. For example, “La Otra” has information about Jaquira Diaz’s life growing up in New York and being Puerto Rican. Some things I might expect from the book that I might read is how the author talks about their experiences and the ways it impacted their lives. Some expectations I’m looking forward to is learning new things about the author’s perspective and the way they try to relate to the audience or grab the audience’s attention.