Reviews tagging 'Rape'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

23 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Murder, Racism, War, Genocide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Slavery and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Rape, and Pedophilia

ellismorten's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, and Genocide

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

This is a very important and eye-opening book. The author absolutely decimates the founding myths of America and sheds much needed light on a history of settler colonialism and genocide that the United States has worked hard to bury.

I was not the biggest fan of the writing style, and I think this book would have benefited from editing to make sure it maintained a tighter focus on its subject matter. At times the book seemed to skip around between geographic areas or time periods, without making clear who, where and when the narrative was describing.

Five stars for thesis. Four stars for writing style and readability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, War, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism

nrhilmer's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Hate crime, Colonisation, Child death, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal death, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

larbster90's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Fairly academic. The author's argument is well-made, and I learned so many things that should have been covered in U.S. history courses. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, War, Confinement, Hate crime, Genocide, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Violence

uncannydanny's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Alcohol, and Violence

nerdy_reader_9571's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, War, and Child death

mrsdarcylynn's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

If you grew up in the US or any other imperial power, this text is so important. There was so much within the book that I was fully unaware of. The author challenges myths and assumptions about the formation on the United States. My only complaint is that the book often makes large time jumps between 1776 and 1880ish, sometimes at lightning speed. This often threw me off- I wish many of the chapters had stuck to one topic or time period. Even with this (minor) criticism, I felt like the book made powerful arguments, was highly educational, and spoke the truth of as many indigenous peoples as possible. I am grateful to this author for writing this book, it is much needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Rape, Child death, Child abuse, War, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture

vonny3492's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Genocide, Colonisation, War, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, and Addiction