The book I chose to talk about is "Who Will Take the Burden" by Kevin Powell. This book divides African Americans in today's society into three different but very essential categories that are explained through essays about his life and what he went through. My reactions about each category were distinctive as I continued to read each section. For example, in the section titled "The Breakdown," he talks about how after Real World he went to work for Quincy Jones' Vibe magazine and was surprised by the lack of African-American editors or those who were in the lead. As I read it, I wasn't too surprised that a black-owned magazine company is actually run by white people. During the 1990s and even now many black-owned businesses are run predominantly by whites. While it is less common now because African Americans are getting better educations, lives, job opportunities, etc., they are now seen as counterparts within the company and also have more of a say in what happens within of the company. When Powell was employed at Vibe and pointed out the fact that even though it was owned by a black man, white people still ran the company. He also said there weren't many black people in attendance who had the credentials to be on the board or one of the editors in chief. These factors led me to look around and wonder how many black principals are at a certain school, how many black teachers this school has, and how many black students this school has. In this way, I completely understand what he went through and how he felt working at Vibe. I feel we are given the opportunity to accomplish many things, many take advantage of these opportunities. Then I also wonder why there aren't as many blacks who have some weight here as professors, principals or students, like other schools that have the same number of students or less than our school. Kevin Powell is qualified to write on this topic because of the fact that a) he is an African American male living in the United States, b) he has experienced many oppressions against gender, race, and power, and c) he grew up as a product of 'Hip- Generation of hops.