Blindspot in America

Check out Blindspot in America Written by Elom K.Akoto, a French teacher at Westview High School here in Omaha.

Blindspot in America gives a provocative depiction of some of the realities immigrants face in the United States—racism and discrimination—but also their hopes and faith in a country that promises freedom and opportunity to all.

What happens when a prominent Ghanaian immigrant moves to the American ghetto? What happens when Ghanaian privilege meets American privilege? What happens when higher education and American politics become entangled? What you get is a good story, a story of class, privilege, and power… Elon K. Akoto’s fiction makes a simple, yet sharp meditation on the American Dream, and yes, a dream that for the faithful is still possible.

—William Archila, author of The Art of Exile, winner of the International Latino Book Award, and The Gravedigger's Archaeology, Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize.