BLM Voices. Oksana Bryukhovetska

“Voices” is the result of numerous interviews and several years of work on the texts, which began in 2020 in the United States in the midst of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, which spread throughout the United States that same year after a white police officer intentionally killed a black man named George Floyd, and which were supported in many countries around the world.

We know almost nothing about the negative features of America, especially those that do not affect us because we have white skin. But we also know little about its positive features - movements for freedom, democracy and liberation, one of which is the Black Lives Matter movement.

The heroes of the book, telling their own stories, actually unfold before us the complex history of the present day of the United States: the reader is presented with an America that we do not know, but as it really is.

"Voices" is also about who and why elected Donald Trump, one of the most controversial politicians of our time, as President of the United States twice. Our stability in the war with Russia will largely depend on the consistency of Trump and his team. This is another reason why this book is important and relevant for Ukrainian readers.