Why read Allow Me to Retort?

Book cover of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution

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MSNBC legal commentator Elie Mystal thinks that Republicans are wrong about the law almost all of the time. Now, instead of talking about this on cable news, Mystal explains why in his first book.

"After reading Allow Me to Retort, I want Elie Mystal to…

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3 authors picked Allow Me to Retort as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Eric Brechner

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Elie Mystal's brilliant book is funny, tragic, and challenging. The Constitution is a flawed document yet has the power to reach its lofty goals if our judiciary chose to interpret it accordingly.

From Eric's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Ernest Owens

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This is a book that educates and radicalizes you all at once.

Mystal is more than just a bold political commentator, but a man on a mission to make you reconsider everything you thought you knew about America’s most consequential text in a book that holds back no punches.

I will never again see the Constitution as a historical text that guides my life, but now as a document that is currently being weaponized by politicians to infringe upon it.

This book is a loud alarm to all those who have been casually watching the current political mudslinging and not…

From Ernest's list on modern-day Black social consciousness.

Gabrielle Stanley Blair

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I’ve grown up with assumptions about the constitution that are flat-out wrong. I was taught the constitution was inspired, practically sacred, and that it’s the gold standard for governing documents. But this book shifted my mindset. The author readily acknowledges the strengths of the constitution, but is also unflinching in criticizing its flaws, and pointing out the hypocrisy of what the document says versus how it is interpreted. Can the constitution be improved, definitely yes! And this book gives me hope that it will be.

From Gabrielle's list on shifting your mindset about how the world works.