What are you reading?

I am the go-to person if you want a book recommendation, so when a dear friend asked me for a few titles, I was shocked to see what I had been reading. As I was reviewing my Kindle and Audible (I always read/listen to two books at once), I discovered that I had moved away from the history that was my standard fare and moved toward topics that I did not know too much about. A quick scan of book titles indicated that my recent reads have been about the plight of Native Americans today, the relationship between Jews and blacks in 1930, the challenges of the LGBTQ community, and the culture of Hasidism.
As I was reading each of these books, I found myself saying, "I didn't know that," more times than I could count. This was usually followed by, "That happened here? In the United States of America?"
So the question is, why don't I know about these things? My son summed it up by saying, "The oppressors or the power group are the ones writing the history. So, obviously, they are only telling their side of the story. "Talk about an ah-ha moment.

What ah-ha moments have you had from reading a book? Could you share your new found info in the comments?

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