Thomas Nelson Book Review - Same Kind of Different as Me

I really enjoyed this book and I felt like I gained a lot of perspective. "Same Kind of Different as Me" by Ron Hall and Denver Moore was written like memoirs from both men, telling their stories and how they came to be friends. Denver was a black man who although was not technically a slave, was raised in the same slave south that generations of his family had in the past. Ron was a white man, born poor but made a fortune as a high end art dealer. Ron's wife brought them together as she worked to help the homeless. I felt this book had a similar feel to "The Blindside" but the thing that I really liked about it was how much Denver taught Ron. I think we often think about how much we can give or offer to someone like Denver who is homeless and appears to not have a purpose in life. But Denver, despite his hard life and scrapes with the law, is a very spiritual man and very in tune with God. I feel like I learned a lot from him just by reading about his life. I was also amazed at how oppressed blacks like Denver were and still are, and not just in the past, but now, in my lifetime. I think about slavery as a thing of the past but my eyes were really opened to how the life that many blacks still live. This book was definitely worth reading.