Sales have soared at Leimert Park's Eso Won books over the past few days, as a stream of customers have come in seeking to better understand the historical underpinnings of the current moment.
, “the demand for books about race and antiracism internationally has soared” in recent days, with many intentionally choosing to patronize black-owned bookstores like Eso Won in their pursuit.
“It’s a staple in the community,” Monica Bailey, a 44-year-old black Baldwin Hills resident who worked at Eso Won for a few years right after high school, said as she browsed. “They were a big part of my upbringing, as far as knowledge and history and investing in the community.” “We really wanted to get some books that touched on history — race history, specifically. American history,” said Lauren Mesa, a 26-year-old white yoga teacher from Long Beach.
“No, we’re out,” he said. “Out” was a bit of an understatement. The store, which had had six or seven physical copies of Kendi’s book on hand, sold out of “How to Be an Antiracist” on Saturday. They’d since taken 388 additional orders for it in person, online and over the phone — a number that Fugate describes as “almost inconceivable.”
I asked Bailey, the former employee and Eso Won regular, how she felt about seeing so many white faces in the store during such a charged moment.
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