Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind

Having entered Brown the same year as the subject of this book, I must admit to having an affinity for the depictions of freshman year experiences. Even trying to take an objective eye to this book I couldn’t help but like this story of an inner city student succeeding at an Ivy League school. While it seemed at times that Cedric was treated unfairly easily by professors, my liberal sensitivities were awakened by the difference in privilege that I arrived at Brown with compared to Cedric. At the least, the book definitely profiled an individual’s success over his background and raises some good questions about affirmative action.